Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-02-04
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record OF the Week.
F0RTY-NINTH CONGRESS-

THE Chair presented q letter nom the Socro-
tary Of the Treasury, at the session OF the Sem
ate on Jan. 25. stating that national banks hold
s5.0J98J) OF the bbiidscalled for Payment next
month, and commtmlcatioh ironithe Secretary
OF tho Interior ASKING for adlliti0nal clerks for
tho commissioner Of Railroads Q. Z. waithaIl
was sworn in as Senator from Mississippi. Mr.
Hear reported bill TO provide for the
roads,. Messrs. Dawes and Ingalls, made some
severe comments upon The misspelline Of words
in bills and resolutions received from the House,
PARTICULARLY ~ to measure for tho relief OF
the Eorthern sCheyenne Indians. In HIS open
ing@praycf2tho HoussA Chaplain feelingly
ferrcd to the death OF Representative Rankin, of
Wisconsin, and invoked the divine blessing and
protection upon the sorrowing family. The
House thereupon adjourned out Of respect 10 the
memory OF the deceased1 - t.t4A ~ 4.
THE Chair laid before the Senate, ON the 26th
of January. a letter from the Secretary OF the
Treasury relating to the payment of salaries of,
ate hlsola Letter stating that thu infoTmatiou
called for by Gfecent resolution Of the Senate,
relating TO claims paid under French and Span
by tSa state Ss sPesy
appropriately referred. - Mr. Voorhees, then
called up his resolution expressive
public loss An the death Of tie late Vice Presi-,
ddnt HeuQfieks. The. resolution having been
read Nr. XOorhees addressed the Senate. After
henking the speeches OF Messrs. voorhees,,
Hampton, Sherman, salisbury, Evarts, RANSOM,
Spooner, Vest and Harrison, III memory Of the
deceased, the Senate adopted the commemora-
tive resolution and then adjourned. In
the House Mr.. Swinbume of New York
introduced bill declaring the silver dol
lar OF 4l29 grains a legal tender of
equal value with gold coin. The bill also pro-
vides for the purchase of "a, 0o0.000s worth Of
oliver bullion per month, and the issuance
monthly of $2000,O00 of silver certificates. Bills
were also introduced in the House to establish
life-saving stations outside San Francisco,
for the relief of railway mail clerks who
have been in the service twenty years, con-
neer Melville, to authorize the payment OF postal
notes at any money order Office to limit the capt.
tai of any national bank to So 100000 to prohibit
the importation of pauper labor, to give prefer
ence TO American citizens in employing laborers
on public works and to limit the jurisdiction OF
FederEl Courts in patent cases. A resolution was
Introduced directing the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to report his reasons FOR closing the mint at
Carson, Nevada.
A MEMORIAL OF the Legislature of Kansas
praying for the establishments Of two additional
military stations in that State as a protection
against Indian depredations was passed in the
Senate by Mr.. ingalls, on the 27th ult Mr..
Plumb presented II memorial from the same
body praying for an extension of the military
facilities at Fort Riley, Kas. The papers were
appropriately referred. Bills were introduced
to appropriate S350,000 for the purchase Of a
postohice site in San Francisco, and to reim-
burse the survivors OF the Jeanette Arctic Ex-
petition. Mr.. Harrison made a speech favoring
the admission of Dakota to tho Union. The
House of Representatives passed bill to for
felt certain lands granted to the States Of Mis-
souri,, Alabama, and Louisiana, to aid In the
construction OF railroads. resolution was
adopted directing the Secretary OF the
Interior TO furnish copies OF all contracts on
file regarding the Southern Pacific Railway
and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
The Senate resolutions touching the death of
Vice President Hendricks were presented to the
House, and ON motion OF Mr.. Holman und.) were
laid upon the table for the present. smile ran
through the House when the chaplain, in his
opening prayer, returned thanks that sour sill
silver men pretended to see in the fact that sill
YER had been placed before gold an indication
that the religious petition was in favor Of q
double standard.
Mr.. SHERMAN introduced in the Senate on
the 2sth ult. bill which repeats the first Sec
ton of the coinage act of Feb. %, 1875 and au-
thoriEes the Secretary of the Treasury to buy
silver bullion in bars, not less than o fine, TO
the amount OF not less than 2,0o0,000 ounces
troy month, and not greater than
lied to paw for the bullion in coin GER
t.hcates, receivable for customs, taxes, and
all public dues, and when so received to
be reissued. Tie bullion thus bought is 70 BIO |
retained in the Treasury as security for the |
payment of the certificates and the Secretary |
OF the Treasury is directed TO redeem in coin the
eertihcates ON presentation at the Sub-Treasury !
in New York in sums not less than $50 The |
bill provides further that any holder of standard |
silver dollars, gold coin, or bullion may deposit
s9on aq &o Tff' Gor eSn cfFt s6
luton setting apart sites in Washington for
stntues Of Columbus ana Lafayette. A resolu-
ton was adopted directing the Secretary Of the
Ire 5ury to give the origin and amount of the
Conscience Fund. bill was introduced to
grant right Of way through Indian Territory to
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railway
Mr.. ingalls, presented petition by Frederick
Douglass and other colored citizens OF Washing
ton, complaining of determinations at theaters
and other public places. Mr.. Dawes made a
favorable report on bill for the allotment of
lands in severalty TO Indians. and TO extend the
protection OF the laws over the red man. The bill
providing for the admission of Dakota came up in
The Senate. The debate lasted for some time, Mr.. |
Butler spea ing IN OPP. osition and Mr.. Wilson
IN favor of the meas In the House OF hep
res mt tiyei Mr.. Weaver introduced n bill for
the organization of the Teri tory Of Oklahoma,
md to al o. homes ads to Indians. bill au.
'horizing tho Presi lent to restore officers to the
lrny in rtain cases, INTENDED to apply espe-
,ially to Fltz John Porter, was reported fayora-
by by Mr.. Wheeler. Eulogies on the career Of
he late Representative Reuben Ellwood Of
Illinois, closed the proceedings.