The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General Summary Of Events ut Home
and Abroad.
Compiled from Daily Reports mp to the
Hour of Going to Press.
CONGRESS-.

Mr. EDMUNDs, from the Committee
on Judiciary, reported adversely In the Senate
on the 2sth ult, on the House bill to provide
lens Of the Tnised ssates IS have o. become matt
uraiized citizens of Great Britain Mr.. Tabor
pasion By sSe iD tSe Nationsi s Min
ing and Industrial Exposition 70 be held az Den
Names o9 ne Eonse confsrers on me fntsrnsi
Revenue and Tariff bill. Mr.. Garland asked To
have read from the Congressional Record
ferers " to consider fully the constitutional
objections 10 the Internal Revenue bill
the Asnnso ss%e tosetses @ sdtse WITH the the opnios
Of the House in regard thereto before
moved 10 reconsider the motion by which the
Senate had agreed to conference; lost. The
to give increased pensions to one-armed and
oue-leRged soldiers and after discussion IL was
.sinr Of sne tbs so1ss ionrna Ma ads deI
asked to be released from serving on the
Conference Committee on the Tax and
House then then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the State of the Union and after
Ts% or the
River and Harbor bills, consideration OF the
made a point OF order that the Tarif Bill was
hrst in order. The friends of that measure,
Il IL seems had ,eit IN Sommi,iee ,1 % S,e' 61t
ceeded with Tho chRir ruled otherwise and
the River and HarbOr bill was taken up, Mr..
of the bill Representative Cassidy presented
q memorial from the Legislature of Nevada
asking an appropriation of <250,0o0 tor sinking
artesian wells in that State Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 1st Mr.. Bayard,
rising TO personal explanation, said he wished
20 make a statement rs TO the reasons which
had impciled his colleague Beck and himself
10 az IN, T9m tne conaerence &C., i,,s,
adopted by the Senate yesterday directing its
conferees to withdraw it they found
not mott be Obtained, % % he | said o" bis oollessne %
and he hal been unable, under the informa-
House conferces, 10 come TO any other coucIu-
sion than that was not q full and fair con-
from further service on the Committed. They
were excused. Mr.. Garland offered q resolu-
tion instructing all Senate conferees to
to and it went over The President
laid before the Senate communion
nonncing the completion Of the list OF pension
ers With their addresses, rates OF pension. etc.
Appropriation bill and after a few unimport-
ant amendments IL was Iassed. Adjourned.
In the House the Speaker announced the ap-
Sparks as members of the Board of Visitors TO
West Point and Mess,s. Hammer. Updegan and
Mills, as members of a similar board TO Annap-
oils. Mr.. Moore offered n resolution calling on
the Secretary OF the interior for Information
as to the amount OF Indian trust funds i'm
vested in Tennessee bonds, ana whether Ten
nessee has made any propositions looking TO
their seulement; leierred: Inc House then
went into Committee of the whole on the
River and Harbor bill and after several unim-
portant amendments being made the bill passed
yeas, liz; nays, ~. Adjourned.
The Senate conference on the District
of Columbia Appropriation bill, on the I'd. was
agreed to. Mr.. Plumb, from the committee on
conference on tho Postofice Appropriation
bill, reported that the conferees failed to agree
upon the two PROVISIONS in the bll The ap-
lation relating to the Pacific Railroads report
was agreed to and new conferees appointed.
of articles intended for the Louisville
and Denver Expositions, passed. On motion
viding for select committee to examine into
the condition of the Sioux Indians upon their
reservations. The bin authorizing the Chilli
cothe & Kansas City Railway Company
to build bridge across the Missouri
River was was passed Mr.; Van wyck pre-
son, elected Senator from Nebraska. and Pres-
dent Davis also presented the credentials Of
were read % and MED. T Mr.. Allison % % presented '
conference report ON the Legislative, Execu-
Mor e
the Internal Revenue and Tariff bill, which
In ut the House Mr.. Pound, under instructions
of the Committee on Public ands, had the bill
to confirm certain land titles IN Wisconsin
instructions from the Committee on Indian
Affairs, called up the bill appropriating
Gnd fnian funds So for na the aeef Sf
Powers and Newman and others: passed.
Mr.. Carpenter, under instructions from the
Committee on Education and Labor, called
up the Senate bill amending the act granting
public lands to several States and Territories
which NAV provide colleges for the benefit of
agricultural and mechanic arts. At the con-
clusion OF the morning hour the Senate
amendments to the Sundry Civil Appropria-
don bill were non-concurred In Adjourned.
The Senate on the Sd passed bill
directing the Attorney General TO pay Charles
| II. Reed for his services in defending Cur
| teau, whatever sum he may fix upon as proper
compensation, not to exceed, however. 5000
| The amendment reported by the Committee
on Appropriations having been agreed 70
Sabin. as Senator-eiect from Minnesota
were received and iled. The resigna-
ton of President Davis, Of the senate, was
received and accepted and Senator Edmunds
was chosen in his stead. The House joint reso-
/ lution, providing for new mixed commission.
| in accordance with the treaty of 1885 between
| the United States and Venezuela passed
| The House bill to create three addi-
| tional land districts in Dakota passed.
Also the bill making St Vincent, Mimi, q
port OF entry instead OF Pembiua- Ad-
| 1ourned. In the House the Cook-Cutts con
tested election case was taken up and the CON
| testant was declared entitled to the seat-yeas
l55: nays, 81. The conference report on the
| Tari bill was then taken up and adopted by 9
vote OF lee yeas to ll6 nays. The House then
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