The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-05-07

cordiRg to their own ties. imoiiy, moved on
state legislatures, the courts and c0ngress,
unbusilngly purch ,slng judges an legis-
lators
He ridiculed the testimony given by Jay
Gould in regar, to his life h',"Ore the senate
committee on education The committee,
he said, hat tremblHg.y and Da~eechlngly
implored Gonid 10 give Il minute account OF
his daring exploits, and he consented.
Early in life when iard pressed fVr dinner
he adopted his sisters nrlllul pnd went be-
hind the Dlacksmth-Shon 10 pray. ~ u
iewlyears tie tanning business in which lie
was engaged was IN iinanclal stress so
overwhelmingly That his partner was
driven to suicide, while Gould himself
built railroad.
At Kansas CITY Gould was once over
taken with another religious spasm and
wrestled Il second time IN prayer, telling
the people how happy he was, and that he
wanted no more money. lie had bought the
Missouri Pacific for the good Of mankind,
and should Use it only for the glory OF God
and the benefit of the people. AS he was
contemplating another raid he felt the ne
cessity of another in ,tallment OF divine
by pretending that he would not benefit
himself bv the blessing. Ii was TO be
hoped, said the speaker, that he would not
indulge in third prayer on earth Con-
tnuing. Senator Van Wyck said that,
should Gould III the end secure an entrance
into the New Jerusalem, Inc would be con-
spring there, from force OF habit, to buy a
rallroad-and when he should have torn up
the shining avenues the angels could not
restrain him from stealing the golden pave
ments. Laughter
APPEL. 27.-The senate passed to-day bills
allolting lands in severaiiy to the Indians OF
the Round valley reservation, California;
approprlatng 100000 for the extension of
the white house, and authorizing the build
ing OF railroad bridges across the st. Croix
l.safkx
water, Mimi, and across the Missouri river
at or near Kansas City, Mo. at or near
Council Bluffs, Iowa. on the line of rail-
road between either Clay or Jackson coun-
", Missouri, and the county of Wyandotte,
Kansas, near Atchison, Kas., at or near Sa-
near St Joseph, Mo-, and near Chamber
lain, ID. L.
April 21-The bill reported by M. Nor
rill, of Kansas, from the committee OIL in
Valiu pensions, to-day to pension prisoners
of war, provides that all disabled prisoners
of war shall be granted pensions at the rate
fixed for similar disabilities in honorably
discharged soldiers where the disability is
presumed TO be the result of confinement in
southern prisons. Tne committee estimates
that it will require 81, 1905 00 annually to
meet the addition to the pension rolls. The
bill also provides that all persons confined
for more than thirty days in southern
prisons shall receive Il per diem of 50 for
each days confinement, and to meet the
expenditure on this account it is estimated
about 81, 000,oC0 will be required. From the
best obtalnabe information the committee
believes that there are about $500 eX-pris-
oners now living, but q large number OF
these persons are already receiving pen
Si0ns. The argument in favor of the per
diem payment for the period of cOnfne-
ment adduced in the report is that many of
the prisoners were deprived of the oppOr-
tunity to re-enlist and receive bounty there
fore. They were also out of the line Of pro-
motion, and in addition sustained in many
cases losses OF personal property through
cOnfiscation by their capt0rs.
Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, from the commit
tee on agriculture, reported q resolution
calling on the commissioner of agriculture
for information as to the amount of wheat
and corn on hand III this country, where it
Is located, the number OF acres of winter
and spring wheat now in the ground, the
amount likely to be required for exportiOn,
and other information on the subject.
Mr.. TOwnshend, of Illinois, from the
on patents. reported bill to
patent cases and to protect persons who
without notice are bona-fide manufacturers,
purchasers. vendors, or users OF articles for
the exclusive use OF sale of which patent
has been granted.
APRIL 22.-The House took up the river
bate and many notifications of the Monon-
gahela river clause, finally agreed to it so
that 1t appropriateS S12l 200 "for
the improvement of the Monongahela river,
provided that no charges or tolls shall be
collected Oh any other part OF the river or
any commerce on said river which 0rigi-
mates above the works herein appropriated
for.
Mr.-Lafayettc (Wis.) attacked the bill in
q long speech.
President Cleveland to-day sent to con-
gress special message urging the creation
of commission of labor, charged with the
and settlement of cOntrover-
sizes between capital and labor, to be ell
grated upon the bureau Of labor.
APRIL 23.-The house adopted to-day, on
motion Of Mr.. VOORHEES, q resolution pro-
viding for select committee of five to in
quire whether any eX-member of the house
who has availed himself OF the privilege OF
admission To the floor is interested as agent
or attorney for any railroad or other cOrpO-
ration, or interested in any claim or bill
pending before congress, and report to the
house the result of such inquiry with such
recommendations as may be necessary.
The resolution as at first offered contained
the name of eX-Representative l.. ID. Nj.
Sweat OF Maine. Mr.. Voorhees, said that
he did not intend to reflect upon Mr.. Sweat,
but had inserted his name because he per-
sOnally knew that Mr.. Sweat was attorney
for the Northern Pacific company. Messrs.
Durham, Blount, and Randall opposed the
resolution in its personal form, and Mr..
Voorhees, himself moved that Mr.. Swears
name be striker out.
APRIL 2i.-The house passed bill pro-
viding that claims for back pay or bounty
due from the government shall be presented
to the accounting officers of the treasury
within four years after the passage of the
act and all claims originating after the pas
sage of the act be offered for adjudication
within six years after the right accrues.
The bill does not apply to pensions. 1t is
intended to relieve the accounting officers
of the treasury of the task of renewing a
number of old claims, year after year. The
bill was sent to the senate for concurrence.
The house passed and sent to the senate
a bill declaring that the courts of the Unit
ed States which now OF may hereafter ex-
ercise criminal jurisdiction over Indian Ter
ritory or any part thereof, or over any In
dian reservation under the provisions of
any statute of the United States, shall have
and exercise civil jurisdiction also within
the limits Of the judicial district In which
said courts are held, provided that the acts
shall not be so construed as to vest courts
with Jurisdiction over controversies be-
tween Indians. 1t also pr0vid that any
original mesne and final proc sses issued