Nevada County picayune., 1888-10-03
SHlNCTONT TOPICS.
Weekly Budget Of News From inc
 National Capital.

From VAI NI'thR NN''' t''' WA,uI>GroN. D. (, Sept. 2Sth. l88S.
 The bill pensi0nine Mrs Sheridan has passed the Senate.
 Bills have been introduced i'll both Houses providing for the immediate transmission to the president, Of ell rolled bills.
 Ex-Congressman Ben Le Feyre thinks that Ono may be classed aS q doubtful state this year, all on ac- count of the tariff.
 The joint resolution which passed the Senate last week appropriatlng s10O. .O0O for the relief of the yellow fever sufferers has been passed by the House.
 Chief iustice Fuller and family will take possession of the house they have leased in this city Mon day. \ week later MT. Fuller will be sworn in as chief justice.
 The House has passed the bull for feiting certain unearned lands grant ed to the Northern Pacific Railroad company. Reported from the com mittee by Hon. T. C. McRae, of Ar kansas.
 Ex-Senator Camden, of West Nlr- ginia, says that State will have . sol id Democratic delegation in the fIf- ty First Congress, and that the State is certain for Cleveland and Thur man.
 The President and Mrs. Cleveland have been invited to attend the open ing of the exposition at hiehm"nd, Virginia. on October 24. It isprob- able that they will 20, though Il nas not vet been fully decided.
 The muddle in relation to the new Congressional Library building has been virtually settled by an agree ment to have new plans prepared under the direction of General lhom- aa L. Casy, chief of engineers t, ;. army.
 The Oklahoma bill was up again in the House this week, and MT. Holman made an unsuccessful effort to oct the House to consider the Sen ate bill extending the laws of th" United States over the public land strip.
 The Chinese government i~ ont just s2jO. GOO by tine rejection ot the recent treaty. n c.ar-o in the treaty bound this "o,crnmcnt io pay that sun as inlcnuihcation for the injuries inflicted on the Chinese in the United States.
 senator George made ringing speech ill the senate against the ab- ,1rd hill of Senator IIoa. , providing for holding inQuestN under national authority. There woald be about as much sense or justice in proposing to hold justice of the peace courts under national authority as there Is in this bill,
 Senator Sherman's Canadian an neXation resolution (that isn't what he calls it. but that what it k real ly intended for) has been reported to thr Senate from the Foreign At- fair. ComHittcc Hlhout tecommcH- dalton. This Is the resolution that the Republicans hope To shock out the House Canadian Retaliation bill with
 The Republican Senators have. under the lash of public ridicnIe, thrown off the Blaine yoke and laid their tariff bill before the fuil Fl- nance Committee of the Senate. II was not hrcausc thcN wanted to do it, bat heca@sc public opinion forced them to do it. Ihn biii la. uot yet been made public, but if l. known that 1t makes a total reduction uf about $G5 ,OOO,oGJ and that sugar and the internal rev"nur system fur nishcd the bulk of t
 The Democratic minority report, which will recommend the Mills bill. will be prepared by Senator Harris and Vance, who hope to get some assistance from Senate, feek. who ls still uuwell at Fortress Monroe. The two reports amt the hil! Jill l.. iaid before the Senate next week gad il the Republicans intend toPass it, it is probable that Congress will be in continuous session with the eXcep- tion of q short reccs, at election, un- til the 4th of next March.