Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-02-20

The senate then took up the bills favorably
reported and on the calendar proV1o1ng tor
the erection of public buildings. The FOL
loving bills were passed; EoE bullu1ng az
Fort Smith. Arkansas, $4,000; Pueblo,
Colorado, $4,000; Oshkosh, WiscOn-
sin, 100000; Vicksburgs Mississippi
S10O,O00s Portland, Oregon, $3.50, goo.
For building at Houston Texas, Sf5,OOOs
or completing the public building at Fort
Scott, Kan, the additional sum OF $4,000;
for completing the public building at
Wichita, Kan, the additional sum of S5c,-
coo; a building at Newport, KY, $4,000;
Sl50,GOJ; at GAINESVILLE o. $4,000; at
San Antonio, Tex, $4,000; at Saltwater,
Mimi, S75,O0O5 at AtchisOn. Kan, $780,
600; for the purchase IF a site Of a
building at San Francisco, $3.50, goo.
On motion of Mr.. Plumb, the senate then
took up, and after short debate, passed the
bill TO extend the laws of the United States
over the unOrganlzed territory south OF Kan
sas, and known as the public land strip;'
The senate then adjourned.
In the senate on February 10th the chair
presented RlddIeberger's resolution offered
yesterday directing the committee on public
buildings to report to the senate the aggre-
gate amount of money recommended by the
committee at this session to be expended by
the government. Adopted. Mr.. HOar offer
ed the following resolution, for which he
asked immediate consideration: ''ReSOtUed,
That the committee on library consider and
report at an early date the eIpedlency of
the erection OF a statue or monument TO the
memory of the late illustriOus soldier, Gen
eral Winfield Scott Hancock. Adopted
On motion of MIR. Call, the senate took up
Mr.. Eustis' recent resolution calling on the
secretary of the treasury for information as
to the refusal OF the assistant treasurer at
New Orleans to receive shipments of silver,
and to issue silver certificates therefor. The
action Of the assistant treasurer was de-
Tended by several senators, but before any
was taken the senate adjourned.
In the senate on February 1lth, among
the bills introduced was one by Mitchell, of
Oregon, providing for the repeal of the treat
les permitting the coming of Chinese to the
United States, and prohibiting their coming
except in the case of diplomatic official per
SCnages. At the request of Mr.. Mitchell
the bill was laid on the table for the present.
Proceeding the calendar the senate took up
the bills in order. Some bills for private re
lief having been disposed of, the bill to reg
ulate the promotion of West Point graduates
was reached. On this bill some discus
sion arose, but 1t finally passed.
Senator Dawes, from the committee on In
dian affairs, reported favOrably Senator Van
Wycks bill authorizing the secretary of the
Indians in Nebraska, to cause to be surveyed
and appraised in forty acre tracts, about 50,
600 acres of the WinnebagO reservation, and
sell the same to the settlers, and allOt the re-
mainder of the reservation to the Indians IN
severalty, The senate passed the house
Fourth of July claims bill without amend
ment, and it now goes to the president for
his signature to become a law. At . o'clock
the education bill was laid before the senate,
and pending debate the senate went into eX-
ecutive session, after which it adjourned.