St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-25
TINKERING OLD MEASURES.
Senators Plaster the General De-
ficiency Bill With Amendments
Calling for Various Amounts.

Senators Plaster the General De-
ficiency Bill With Amendments
Calling for Various Amounts.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-In the senate
to-day Mr.. Berry, from the committee on
public lands, reported bill allowing
any person who has abandoned or re-
linquished a homestead entry before
the expiration of the requisite six
months to make another entry, not eX-
ceeding a quarter section of land.
Passed. The house bill requiring the
Judges of the United States circuit and
district courts to reduce their charges
and decisions to writing in all states
where state Judges of courts of record
are required to do so, was reported back
with a substitute, and placed on the
calendar. Mr.. Sherman's resolution
heretofore offered for an inquiry as to
the relations between the United States
and Great Britain and Canada was laid
over until tomorrow. MIR. Stewards
resolution heretofore offered) as to the
presentation of bills to the president
was referred to the committee on rules.
On motion of Mr.. Brown, the house bill
to include SapelO sound, SapelO river
and Sapelo island in the Brunswick,
Ca, collection district was passed.
Senate bill restoring to the United
States certain of the lands granted to
the Northern Pacific Railroad company
was taken up. and Mr.. Plumb proceed
ed to address the senate in favor Of its
passage. On motion of Senator EVaTtS,
bill was passed appropriating $4,000
for the completion of the monument
concentrating the
SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE
at Saratoga. On motion of Senator
German the bill for the payment of the
We'll and La Abra claims in Mexico,
was made a special order for Monday of
next week. The senate then took up
the general deficiency appropriation
bill. Among the amendments reported
from the committee on appropriations
and agreed to were the following: APP
propriating for salaries of two addi-
tional justices Of the supreme
court of Dakota, 5000; and one addi-
tional associate justice of the supreme
court of New Mexico, SS41; appropri-
ating SIS, 13S to pay the Standard Under
ground Cable company, of PittSburg,
for underground electric cable con-
Meeting the capitol and the departments
in Washington; apprOpriating 81, coo to
pay the Hartford and New York trans
pOrtation company for labor and money
expended in dredging the Connecticut
river in an emergency in 1886; appro-
priating ST, $50 to pay the state of South
Carolina for rent of the citadel academy
at Charleston, S. c., from 1867 to 1882;
appropriating 1882 to pay William
Cramp & Sons for wharfage and care of
the monitor Terror; apprOpriating SS4,-
S62 and S99, 2S0 to reimburse Chickasaw
funds for moneys improperly disbursed
therefrOm; increasing the item for
official fees of United States district at
torneyS from S25. 900 to SCI, 367; apprO-
priating $4,000 IN further aid of the in
dUStrial Christian home association of
Utah; appropriating $4,000 for the
fifteen days annual leave of the
employees of the government printing
office; inserting numerous items to pay
for claims allowed by the accounting
officers of the various departments: ap-
prOpriating ST, 03S for compensation of
pOstmasters under the act of March 8,
1883; appropriating IS, AS for the widow
OF the
LATE CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE,
the balance of his years salary. The
following amendments were offered and
adopted: By Mr.. Plumb, extending ali
the criminal laws of the United States
over the public lands strip and attach
ing it the judicial district of southern
Kansas. By Mr.. Hiscock, apprOpriat-
ing S144, 092 for the New York Central
railway company, being the amount of
a finding of the court Of claims. By
MIR. Chandler, apprOpriating $500 for re-
pairs to the public building at Concord,
n. H. By Mr.. Dolph, to appropriate
SLIPS to reimburse certain states for
expenses incurred in suppressing Indian
hOStilitieS. BY Mr.. Cal, apprOpriating for
the widow of an internal revenue officer
who died at Jacksonville of yellow fever
the amount of his years salary; also
apprOpriating $4,000 for the purchase
of a steam launch for the use of the col
lectOr at Key West, Fla, to enforce the
quarantine laws and to prevent snug
CLING. Mr.. Plumb offered several items
as amendments, and gave notice that he
would offer as amendments at different
times ali items in the list of estimates
which had been omitted from the bill.
After some discussion an amendment
was agreed to inserting each of the
items contained i'll the book OF estimates,
but omitted from the bill. except the
items for the Pacific Railroad company.
An amendment Of Mr.. Teller. apprOpri-
ating S276,000 for indemnity for Chinese
Outrages in the territories, was agreed
to. A number of small amendments
having been agreed to the bill was
passed, and the senate at 5:45 adj
lOurned.