Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-15
GENERAL oAPlTAL NEWS.

Mf. Dingley, from the Shipping Commit
4 tee. feported back to the House YESTERDAY
I . Resolution, which was adopted, calling OF
[ ton Is TO what lighthouse dues, tonnag,
eharges or other equivalent taxes are i'm
| posed on American vessels entering and
| clearing from foreign ports.
sThe old ticket, Tlden and Hendricks
| win carry every State in the Union except
| Vermont and Iowa" said an enthusiastic
Indiana Congressman at the Capitol yester
| day. "Don't put Iowa with Vermont" !" wai
| the quick reply of the House Reading
| Clerk, who Is from that State. ''Tilden car
carry Iowa sgainst any man the Republic
cans can nominate"
aIf Fred Douglass hsd not married :
white woman he would have been elected
/. etiel gate 10 Chicsgo by the recent Republi'
tsn Convention in this city," said an intel'
Pllgent tbesro this morning. rWhite folks
ihf'lk the woman disgraced herself hy mar.
|stss bSz<Qs bpt he nsgroes are almost g,
one who married an inferior
senator Morrill, celebrated his seventy
fourth birthday last evening. Senator
Morrill, has been in Congressional life
nearly thirty years, serving as member Of
the House twelve consecutive years, and
entering the Senate in 1867, where he will
have served at the close Of the present
term eighteen consecutive years.
In the Senate the Naval Appropriation
bill was taken up yesterday and an amend
ment sgreed to directing the Secretary oi
the Navy to present to Congress at its next
session q plan or plans for the construction
of one armored vessel for the United States
Navy, not exceeding $500 tons displace-
ment, with the cost of the same with ma
chinery and armament, and the time
which the construction of such vessel
would take. The bill then passed as
amended.
In the Senate yesterday 7 lnnb from the
Committee on Postotfices s,d Post Roads,
reported the Postoffice Appropriation bill.
1t was placed on the calendar and ordered
printed, Plumb saying he would call 1t up
at an early day, probably on Wednesday.
Mr. Reed offered a preamble and resolu-
ton in the House yesterday, reciting that
the foot and mouth disease has been intro
duced into Maine through the fault or
oversight of United States officials charged
with the duty Of inspecting and quaran tin
ing imported cattle and dsyecting the Com
mittee on Agriculture TO make an investi.
CATION int The matter, with authority to
report for consideration at any Il me- such
a bill as they deem proper 70 reimburse
the authorities and citizens of that State
for expenses, which have been properly
end judieieusly incurred, and may be in
CURED in suppressing the disease. Adopted.
In the Senate, yesterday, the bill tomake
Rock port, Mass, q port OF entry was passed.
1t was decided, on motion OF Mr.. Pugh, to
consider the House resolution relative to
the death of Representative Hern don, OF
Alsbama, at four o'clock on Thursday.
Mr.. Slater in the Senate yesterday in.
trodueed Q bill to forfeit the unearned
land grants to the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company, and restore the same to
settlement; Mr.. Miller IN. " one to
amend the act to prevent the importation
of aduNerated and spurious teas; Mr.
Sherman one authorizing the President to
appoint and retire John c. Fremont as q
Msjor General in the army. ,
Mr.. Turner, of Kentucky, introduced
into the House Yesterday resolution
with preamble reeiting that beudhold.
ers and millionaire bad paid no taxes for
the past twenty ysSrs and that taxation
should be equal :; therefore, that there
shall De levied a sax on Incomes over
IS coo of 3 per cent ,-snd of per cent. on
all over $4,000.
Mr.. Hopkins hada resol lution pat through
the House yesterday fixing Saturday next
for the consideration of bills reported from
the Committee on Labor embracing the
eight hour question, the prohibition OF
labor importation Under contract and es-
tablshing bureau of labor statistics.
Lieut.. Colonel David II. Bsotherton, Of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and Major Ed
ward Ball, of the Seventh Cavalry, have
been placed on the retired list of the
army.