The Osceola times., 1888-03-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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Unitsd otssss Government 10 participate v
ehe International 0sodetio Associstoa and y
~ International Expositioa - setence
enA Industry q Brussels In Nay sexs
were referred 70 the committee on foreign roiev
sious A rssolution was agreed V. calling fos
information e 70 the e1penditsrss' employees
otc, Of the vIsh Com mis- lion. n The House,
che oeasts bill for refundiag sAe lvrcs
tAs - rsporssd back. A bill authsFtsins
ehs eensolidstios Of certain customs collection
oisss,css and for compensation 10 custous On.
eials vss reported, after which the House went
tues ssmnittss e the whole and adjourned ~
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m the Sonata - e "a. the opening prayer
OF the Chapsin cont. ned patriotic silusions
npproprists 10 The day. Senator Hosr moved
ths suspension Of the ordinary course Of pro
eeedinGs % that the order OF the DAY previously
voted might be carried out The rresid ne
oficer, Mr.. Ingalis arose and said; ION the
i7th Of September, i'pa George Wash ngtou,
shsa bsins d nearly the close Of his second
Presidential term, delivered the following
Farewell AddrssA" Tho Address Vas then
read ia . low but distinct tona
audible IN sll parts Of the Chamber, and Vas
hstened 70 IN profound Silence and with respect
full attention. The reading occupied . little
lees than ~ hour, and st Its conclusion, as ono
e'slosk. Ne osasss sdjourned.. go. Tho House
Of Representative was net IN session, standing
adjourned - . mark Of Fsspses V Washing
ton's Birthday.
IN the Senate q shs "a the Ssiis extending
laws Of the United States over tho public land
strip; 70 amend Ne Alien Land cot % - 70 per
nit foreign eovsnnsnts - acQuire land In the
District Of Columbia; - provide protection for
submarine eablss ~ 70 enable the State Of
Oalifornia 70 take lands in lieu Of the
s,xeseatA asd thirty-sixtA sect,ons found
= = mineral la.da, were passed. The
ths IN y ineerpsrH the wasAinstss Gable
Elec1ris raf1vay. ns House Mr.. hsAdoo.
ef New Jefsey, introdaosd Q seriss of resoiu-
lions inquirinK into the alleged seizure OF
vssesuelaa tsritory ~ Great Britain Public
building bills were then taken up and . number
81 them paassA
n tAs 8sasts on the s>th Senator Mandersen
made long speech upon the Dependent Pen
eioS bill. The bill 10 prevent pool selling ana
rambling tn Warrington was favorsbly report
ed..... ). IN ne House the Senate bill 70 carry
int crest the International convention for she
protsetioa Of submarine cables was passed.
Tun Senate wss not In session on the a5th.
In the House bill was passed providing
that dispositions Of witnesses in cases pending
besore United States courts may be taken In
The mode prescribed by the laws Of the State
10 which the court is held. pension of nfty
dollass par month, with arrearages amounting
70 SA0O0 wAs granted 70 the widow OF Major
r. NJ Kirby, who died in is4s from disease
oontracted In the Florida war. A bill was 70
ported from the committee on the judiciary
rendering ex-Confcderates eligible 10 military,
naval and civil ofnces The organisation Of the
Territory Of Oklahoma was discussed in CON-
m NJ hal o.,A r. "a
sourt opposed n, )propriations for several
public buildings.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
SfHAKER aud Mrs Carlisle left Wash.
tngton on the 21st for Wichita, Kas., to |
visit the bedside Of sick son.
GENERAL BoULANGER protests against
the use Of his name as a candidate for the
Chamber Of Deputies as a reactionary
movement intended TO discredit him.
TN one hundred and fifty.sixth ami. |
versary Of the birthday Of George Wash. |
ington was very generally observed at |
the National capital and other large cities
Of the country.
Tn Democratic Nat Ional COMMITTEES |
met b Washington on the 22d and fixed |
The date Of meeting Of the National Dem
ocfatie convention for July 8. Invita-.
sions from New York, Cincinnati, Chi
cago, D. Louis and San Francisco we're
prsssnesd and the Gains Of the several
places 10 the honor Of entertaining the
convsntion were ably urged by repre-
ssntativss from each. Ten ballots were
taken. whom the convention adjourned
until the I'D, with San Francisco leading
~ the following vote; San Francisco II;
Chicago b; St Louis IA; New York and
Cincinnati out Of the race,
On the I'd the annual meeting and
election Of omcers of the Grant Monu.
msnt FUND trustees was held in New
York. The committee has now on de-
posit $l2a 162@ About ten thousand
dollars was contribute d to the fund last
year.
oS the I'D Lord Randolph Churchill,
in an address to the Oxford Union Sooie-
tys sad, "Whsn England has cd to
oe nation OF wealth; when her manu-
features and her commerce have depart-i
90, ana when manly resolution and doggsdt
deter mination no lonyer remain. aud the
memory Of the past is forgotten, then, and
then only, will home rule DO granted In
Ireland"
On the night Of the 18th DIR. McGlynn
sent cable message in Latin to Rome.
Il 10 said to have been addressed to friends
there who have been working in his inter.
~ all along. The doctor does not want
TO 70 enter the priesthood, but wants, and
sxpsots TO have, the ban upon him re.
moved, and sss his enemies in the church
humbled.
IN Boston movement has been inau-
gurated to erect monument to Wendell
Phillips BY popular subscription.
On the 23d the Parliament Of Nova
Scotia was opened by the Lieutenaut-C Gov.
Drnor. The leader Of the government in
Ihe legislative council of Nova Scotia will
- Mr.. D. c. Frazer, Of New Glasgow, re-
'sntly appointed to that body.
On the nd the Government printing
,fics investig alton was resumed. Public
Printer Benedict being on the stand. He
made statements very damaging to his
lead predecessor.
On the 23d the call for the National
Democratic Convention to meet In st.
Louis on the 9th Of June was promulg g ated
BY the National committee.
TIE freedom Of the town will be con.
ferrsd upon DIR. Mackenzie, by the corpo.
-ation of San Reno, Italy.
ON the Goth W. w. Corcoran. the great
and successful banker.
lied at his residence in Washington.
his princely benefac.
lions, amounting to millions, he was pos
'sssed, at the time of his death, of 50, Ooo,.
100
On the Gath the case OF jay Gould, Rus.
Dell Sage and the Kansas Pacific bond.
holders was again taken up by the New
York City grand jury.
TIE hotel-keepers of St Louis have been
by Mayor Francis to refrain
from engaging rooms TO outside par les