The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

THEIOLAREGISTER
~. W. SCOTT, Publisher.
lola. -. KANSAS
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF tho Daily News
CONGRESS-
AyTER transacting business Of merely
local interest the Senate on the 18th resumed
consideration Of the Fisheries treaty and Sena-
1ur Call addressed the Senate in its favor. Pend
NJ motion to postpone further consideration
1ntil December the Senate adjourned. The
House adopted several resolutions calling for
,estain information and considered for time
District Of Columbia business. The Senate bill
Increasing to 80 per month pensions for total
deafness was passed The Fertilization bill was
considered for short time waea the House ad-
5ourned.
In the Senate on the 18th Senator Rea.
gan introduced . bill to define trusts and to
punish persons connected with them. which A.
ter some talk was referred to the Finance Com
mfttee. Senator Sherman also introduced q
hin declaring trusts unlawful, which Was re-
ferred 70 the same committee. The Fisheries
treaty was then discussed until adjournment
....In the House . spat took place between
ONeiu. II Missouri. and Owen, Of Indiana,
over the bill for the relief Of Cherokee freed
men The remainder Of the day Was FILTERED
away In efforts to hold quorum. Adjourned.
AFTER the presentation of several unim.
poftant resolutions on the 18th the Senate pro-
ceeded with bills on the calendar and passed
several Of minor importance when debate on
the Fishe ries treaty was resumed and con-
efaued until adjournment. -. In the House the
Publications bill was taken up IN Committee
Of the Whole and considered until the commit
zee rose and reported the bill to the House.
The previous question was ordered on its pass
age and the bill went over. Adjourned.
7 SooN after assembling on the 10th the
Senate took up the Fisheries treaty. Senator
Horgan's motion to postpone until December
was not agreed To- Senator Edmunds' resolu-
sion TO pay white depositors Of the defunct
Freedman's Bank was discussed and went
over Senator Reagan addressed the Senate
On the Presidents message, and the conference
report on the Army Appropriation bill was con-
Cured in. Adjourned. The House passed
the Fertilization Appropriation bill with
ont division. After reports Of sew
esAl committees Mr.. Morrill, of Kansas,
called up his resolution to fix the dates for con-
sidering general pension legislation, but the
point Of no quorum was raised. The same point
MAS raised in the attempt to consider the Okla
homa and Deficiency bills, and . motion by Mr..
Weaver. Of Iowa, revoking all leaves Of absence
brought on q lengthy discussion. but was Ia
bled. After notice from Mr.. Weaver that he
would renew the motion from day to day until
. quorum was obtained the House adjourned
In the Senate on the 18th . number Of
bills were reported and p aced on the calendar.
A resolution by Senator Edmunds rs TO electric
Light and electric cables wires in the District
OF Columbia caused some talk Senate bill
Smendatory of the act Of June lSSS, relating
% postal crimes was taken up and after some
debate passed. It prohibits the mailing Of
any book. pamphlet or other articles Of
m obscene or Objectionable character
and imposes q fine Of 100 for depositing such
matter in the mails. 1t was ordered that Q vote
on the Fisheries treaty be taken At twelve
o'clock Tuesday. After Senator Morgan had
spoken in defense Of the treaty the Senate ad-
5ourned until Monday. -..T The House made sew
erai Intellectual attempts to secure . quorum
and finally adjourned without transacting any
business
WASHINGTON NOTES
ONLY four members of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs were in Wash
ington on the 18th and in consequence no
action was taken on the Senate Chinese
Restriction bill.
The President has issued an order plac.
ing Major General Schoield in command
Of the army, with headquarters at Wash
ington. General Schofield will also con.
tinue in command Of the division of the
Atlantic.
The National convention of the Ameri-
can party ended in a split at Washington
on the 18th, most of the delegations with
drawing. Those who remained nominated
James L. Curtis, of New York. for Presi-
dent, and Judge James N. Greer, Vice.
President. The boilers held a meeting
and denounced the convention as being
packed.
A CORRESPONDENT at Washington de-
ciares that on the advice of Hon. James G.
Blaine the Senate Tariff bill will be
abandoned.
The Secretary of the Interior is informed
that the Bots and Red Lake Indians in
Minnesota refused to consent to the right
of way through their reservation, granted
by Congress to the Duluth, Rainy Lake &
Northwestern Railroad Company, by act
of April a, 1858.
The Senate Committee on Military has
authorized its chairman to prepare bill
giving to the Major General of the army
all the rights, privileges and powers that
had been enjoyed by the General and
Lieutenant General of the army when
thoee Offices existed.
In the cases of the naval cadets, who
were recently tried by court-martial at
Annapolis for hazing, found guilty and
sentenced to dismissal, the President has
modified and committed the sentences to
confinement for thirty days and q depri.
walton of one-half of the annual leave.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has ordered
Admiral Luce, commander of the South
Atlantic squadron, to proceed in the
Galena to Port Prince, as the presence
of an American man-of war is needed
there.
The President has detailed Lieutenant
Colonel John n. Wilson. Engineer Corps,
Commissioner OF Public Buildings and
Grounds, as a member of the Lighthouse
Board, vice Brigadier- General James C..
Duane, retired, late Chief of Engineers Of
the army.
A BILL to authorize the President to ap-
point George Stoneman, of California,
formerly Major-General Of United States
volunteers, a Colonel of infantry ON the
retired list Of the army, has been intro
duced in the Senate by Mr.. Stewart
THE EAST.
TIE report circulated in Wall street,
New York. that the Baltimore & Ohio had
determined to part with the 5000, 900 of
Western Union stock it received in pay.