The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-04-26
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on the 10th bill was in
troduced to revive the grade of General OF the
Army. The bill to divide the Sioux Reserva-
ton passed. Mr.. Morrill, was granted permis-
eion 70 reply to criticisms made by Mr.. Beck
on his course relating to the tariff. The bank
ruptcy bill was taken up and further amend.
ments adopted. In the House Mr.. Russell
followed BY Messrs. Blbunt, Chase and Jones
of Arkansas.
In the Senate on the 18th q resolution was
intro luce1 declaring It competent for Con-
gress to take measures to regulate Interstate
transportation. prohibit certain pooling ar
rangements. etc. bill was introduced tor the
appointment of a Missouri River Commission
The bill TO balance the account of South Caro-
lima with the Government for arms passed
Also the bill to establish Il branch of the
Soldiers Home. Mr.. Slater addressed the
Senate on the bill to forfeit unearned lands of
the Northern Pacific grant and moved its re-
ference to the Committee son Lands. IL was
ordered that the bin lie on the table. The bank
ruptcy bill was further discussed. The House
went into comm ttee on the pension appropri-
alton bill and ado pied one or two amendments.
In the Senate on the 18Th the newspaper
copyright bill was reported adversely and
placed on the calendar. A bill was intro
duced requiring money order receipts To
be paid into the Treasury. The Post-otice
appropriation bill passed 1t appropriates
S49, T25, 400, being S3,499,50O more than rs 1t
came from the House Eulo9ies upon the
late Representative Herndon were pro-
nOuuccu ana Ine StnOie ADJOURNED 10 MOu-
day. In the House the bill passed TO bridge
the Missouri at Sibley, Mo. The bill limiting
TO two years the time for beginning prosecu-
tons under the internal revenue law also
passed. A night session was held for consider
alton OF pension bills.
THE Senate was not in session on the
10Th. In the House the resolution calling for
information relating to the Venezuela
awards was adopted. A message from the
President recommended the appropriation
of SG25,626 to pay French caims S25 900
for expenses of the SiameSe Embassy
to fix common zero of longitude The
House went into committee of the whole
on bills reported from the Labor Commit.
tee. The bill to establish department of
ment substituting the word bureau" for
department" was adopted. Also one fixing
the salary of the Labor Commissioner at
$1,000. The bill passed.
In the Senate on the DIST bill passed to
relieve the Southern Illinois Normal Uni
vers.ty from claims for losses of Government
arms by fire. A bill was introduced to pro-
hibt revenue officers from collecting saloon
licenses in States where prohibtory laws are
in force. The resolution for constitutional
amendment to enable the President to
veto separate items in appropriation bills was
reported favorably. The bills relating to prac-
tice in the Patent Office were Iecommitted.
The bankruptcy bill passed In the House
the bill providing for performance of the du-
ties of President in case of disability was re
ported. Numerous bills were introduced, one
among them TO app opriate 81 10000 for the
New Orleans Exposition motion to sus
pend the rules and pass the bill to repeal the
act restricting the term of certain officers t1
four years failed 10 carry, 81 to- 146. The
bin OrooAtfrt4 bureau Ur navigation passed
Also the bill granting pensions to certain
manent injuries while serving in the United
States army in any war