The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on the 23i a message was
presented giving statistics of the foreign grain
production and consumption. The bill to
bridge the Missouri River at Sibley was re-
ported favorably. The bin passed to prohibit
cutting timber on Indian reservations. A
motion TO take up the bin authorizing pay
ment of duties in legal-tenders was de-
feated. The pleuro-pneumonia bill was
Williams favored It. Mr. Brown sabmitted
the views OF the majority of the committee I'm
opposition to the measure for a suffrage
apendmeut to the Constitution. In the
House tho naval and Postotbce appropriation
bills were reported and referred 20 committee
of the whole, with recommendation for nom
concurrence in Senate amendments The
Kansas contested election case of Wood VS.
Peters was decided in favor of the latter. The
naval BIZ was taken up and discussed. A
night session was devoted TO the tariff bill
In the Senate on the oath bills were re-.
ported favorably: To admit the State of
Tacoma. To provide for deposit in the
Treasury of money-order receipts. To es-
tabiiAh bureau of navigation, The bill
passed providing for the disposal of aban-
doncd military reserva ions. Also, the bill
relating to trespnssers on Indian lands The
pleuro- pneumonia bill was taken up, and a
motion to recommit It came very near being
ad pied. In the House majority and minor
ity reports were presented on the suffrage
amendment resolution. the majority being ad-
bridge the Mississippi at Rock Island and the
Falls OF St ANTHONY, and tho Missouri in
douglas Neb to Sutho5e the Irs
zuela; to reorRanize the Legislature of Utah.
TIE House then went into committee of the
whole on the naval bill and a motion to con-
$400,OO0 to arm the new cruisers was adopted.
The rest OF the amendments were not con-
Cured in. The House also refused to concur
I'm Senate amendments to the Post-ofhce ap-
preparation blu. .'.t..
IN the Senate on the 25sh conference oom-
mttees,on the naval and Post-office appropri-
alton bills were appointed. House bill to es
tablish bureau of labor statistics was report
ed favoraby; also the bill to protect Ameri-
can labor. The bill providing for study OF
the effects of narcotics on the people OF
the District of Columbia was placed on
the calendar. MIR. wilson addressed
% Se Mr. fSmS
that he would ask fora vote on the ple ,
day. In the House the private calendar
was taken up in committee of the whole and
the d My gd clark ark Gaines b was o % ane
ference report on the little deficiency bill was
adopted. The bill passed for relief Of San
tiago de Leon. A night session was held fol
consideration of pension bills.
THE Senate was not in session on the
26th .. In the House Mr. Cox asked leave t.
report joint resolution to allow Ensign Rey
nolds of the Greedy relief expedition to accep
decoration from the Emperor Francis Jos
eph. Objection was made. The bill TO encour
Upe inc IOftlkn carrying tTduc WIS Jtktu vi
and read by sectirn ms. Several amendments wer'
adopted among them one providing that for
ei9n built ships owned by Americans and des
tined for the foreign trnde may be imported
free and registered under the United State
flag. The bill passed. The bill amending thu
Pacific Railroad sinking fund act was report
ed and placed on the caienda'. The consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill was report
ed and referred to the committee OF the
whole. 1t appropriates Sg7,7i0.
In the Senate on the 2Sth bill to regu
late inter-State commerce was reported a,H
placed on the calendar. The bill passed t.
consolidate the Bureau of Military Justic
and Judge Advocates OF the army. The pleu
ro-pneumonia bill was taken up and the pend
ing motion to recommit was defeated; the pro
vision relating to Strengthening diseased catt
was stricken out and the appropriation re
duced TO Sl50.000. In the House MI
Hewitt rising to a personal explanation
reiterated his statement that the Secretary o
the Navy had not complied with the law Az
thorizing the sale of certain war ships. II
did not charge any dishonesty, but lnsiste
that the transaction was irregular. Mr. Ca
Rins defended the Secretary and critctSe
Hewitt. District of Columbia bills occupie
the remainder of the session. A tariff sessio
was held ut night.