Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-29
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF tn. Daily News
CONGRESS.


AFTER committees reported in the Senate
on the 2Ist the bill TO incorporate the Washing
ton Electric Gable railroad was taken up and
debated until adjournment. In the House the
bill 70 credit and pay TO the several States and
Territories the direct tax levied in 1861 was re-
ported from the Judiciary Committee, also the
Joint resolution for the constitutional amend
ment prohibiting pOlygamy. The bill for the
sale OF the Black Bob Indian reservation in
Kansas was amended so as TO ok the price ut
six dollars per acre and passed. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole after
which il adjourned
WHEN the Senate met on the 22d the
business OF the session was dispensed with and
Washington's Farewell Address was read by
the presiding officer. The Senate then i'd
iourned... The House was not in session.
THE Senate on the 23d passed a bill to
extend the laws of the United States over GER
tain unorganized territory south OF Raosas
known as No-Man's-Land. 1t establishes
the Cimarron land district. Debate on the
bill for compulsory education of Indian chill
dren then followed when the bill TO incorporate
the Washington Electric Cable road was taken
up and passed Adjourned -. In the House Mr..
McAdoo offered a resolution which was referred
calling for correspondence in regard to disputed
boundary between Great Britain and Vene-
zuela- The Public Buildings Committee then
reported number of bills and the House went
into Committee OF the Whole upon the special
order-the consideration OF bills for public
buildings. A number were agreed to In COM
mittee and passed by the House when the COM
mittee rose in spite of earnest and persistent
opposition from Mr.. Bland, OF Missouri Ad-
journed-
IN the Senate on the 24th considerable
time was consumed in debating the Nicaragua
Canal bill. The bill granting pensions to ex-
soldiers and sailors who Hre incapacitated for
manual labor and providing for pensioning de-
pendent relatives n ma
sailors was then taken up and Mr.. Henderson
addressed the Senate in favor OF the measure.
Mr.. Turpie also made an eloquent appeal in
its behalf. After an executive ses-
sion the Senate adjourned until Monday.
In the House several Senate bills OF little
public interest were passed. A monster petit
ton in favor OF the Letter Carrier and Postal
Clerk bills now pending was presented from
business men and others from New York and
other places. The Senate Invalid Pension bill
was favorably reported by Mr.. Lynch of Penn
sylvania. The House then, in Committee of
the Whole, considered bills on the private cal
endar. The Committee on Eelections re-
ported on the contested election case OF
McDufhe vs.. Davidson, of Alabama, in
favor OF Davidson, sitting member. Mr. Long,
OF Massachusetts, made a minority report in
favor of the contestant. Mr.. Springer from
the Committee on Territories, reported ad-
Versely the bills for the admission of North and
South Dakota separate States, and Mr..
Baker. OF New York. presented o minority re-
port on the same measure. Adjourned
HE Senate was not in session on the
18th. In the House bill was passed granting
pension OF $50 month, with arrears from
1870, TO Mary b. Kirby, widow of Major R. M.
Kirby, who died in 1874. from diseases contracted
in the Florida war. After committees reported
Mr.. Springer called up the bill for the organiza-
.tion of Oklahoma Territory, and it was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Man.
sur. OF Missouri, speaking in its favor. The re-
mainder OF the session was taken up in debate
upon public buildings. Adjourned