New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-03-21
PITH OF The NEWS.
News from Washington.


1t is said that congress will not pass the
Billings Clark's Fork & Cooke City rail
road bill.
ExGov. Pounds testimony in the Wis.
consln Indian reservation matter was very
bad Tor the interior department.
The bill providing that the first session
OF the Fifty first congress shall begin on
March q, 1889, was reported adversely to
the house.
The House committee on foreign relations
unanimously voted to report faverably
the Hit resolution ito promote CONNER.
cial union with Canada
The secretary OF the interior sent to the
report OF Mr.. j. B. McName, relative to
the land grant wagon roads in Oregon.
The presiding officer OF the senete an
vice as Senators Hale, Henderson, Chase,
Spooner, Blackburn, Daniel, and Blodgett.
R. Z. Pettigrew, who claims to have in.
side information, reports from Washing
ton that the Dawes bill for opening the
Sioux reservation will be passed this ses-
sion, and that the United States land Of
flee will be located at old Fort Pierre.
Mr.. Springer, from the committee on ter
rltorles, reported the omnibus bill for the
admission into the Union of Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington and New Mexico. 1t
was referred to a committee OF the whole.
bill was reported for the erection of a
public building at Davenport.
The secretary of the interior, in the mat
ter OF claim OF the jackson, Lansing &,
Saginaw Railroad company to 1900 acres
OF land in Michigan, has denied the mo-
tIon filed by the company for review OF
the decision OF the department, rendered
Feb. rs, 1857. adverse to the company.
The secretary OF state has received from
United States consul at Piedras Negras,
Mex, a full report OF the recent trouble at
Eagle Pass between civil officers and Next
can troops in which one OF the latter was
killed. The secretary declines to make it
public, but admits that it confirms in the
main the accounts published in the news
papers at the time.
The senate committee on commerce has
received from the chief OF engineers q let.
ter warmly endorsing the bill providing
for the rebuilding OF the lock on St. Mary's
Falls canal, and for the proposed i'm
provement OF Hay Lake Channel. Prof.
Phelps is qnite sanguiue that congress will
provide this year 100000 for these
proposed projects, as has been asked by
the delegation who have appeared
The senate committee on terri
tories have instructed Senator
Platt to report iavorably an enab-
ling act for the admission of North Dakota.
1t also instructed Senator Stewart to re-
port favorably an enabling act for the adj
mission OF Washington Territory and
North Idaho as a single state, providing
that no part OF Idaho shall be included
without the consent OF majority OF the
electors OF the part in question.
Although The house committee on pub
lie lands directed the preparation OF a gen
eral bill FORGETTING railroad land grants,
the whole subject was badly muddled by
the action OF the subcommittee, which, in
stead OF bringing in a general BILL reported
bills for the complete forfeiture of the
Northern and Southern Pacific railroad
grants and % partial forfeiture OF the grant
to the Hastings & pakota. Railroad COM
pany SO the wnole bill went oVer.
Mr.. Morrill, OF Kansas, has reported q
bill SO as to allow a claim Of 81 STATE mill.
tiaman made on account Of disability re-
ceived in battle with rebels or Indians
while temporarily in service, and which
was not prosecuted to successful issue
prior to July 4, 1874, to be proven and
adjusted. In Minnesota statute pro-
vides that, under the possibility Of Indian
outbreaks the sheriff OF a county may
call out the military in any county to re-
sist such incursion. In the Sioux out.
break O. 1863 a large number OF calls OF
this character were made and responded
to,