St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-07
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
IN the Senate, on the a6th, the greater por-
tjon of the day was devoted TO the considera-
tion Of amendments TO the House Dill autnoriz-
ing the purchase of Government bonds Win the
treasury surplus go. In the House, the time OF
the session was largely taken up in the consid'
Grafton of the bill to prohibit the dissertation
of graves in the District OF Columbia, Senate
bill appropriating 5000 to defray the funeral
expenses of the late Chief Justice Waite was
passed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the bill to give
,,reSerepce to disabled Confederate soldiers
was discussed at length, but went over without
action The remainder of the session was con-
sumed by Mr.. Teller in speech on the bill for
the purchase OF United States bonds by the
House resolution was adopted in the
contested election case of Worthington VS..
Post from the Tenth Illinois district, confirm
ing the right OF Post, the sitting member. Bills
from various committees were reported ana re-
ferred, after which the House proceeded to con.
slider the Union Pacific Railroad Funding bill.
The Military Academy Appropriation Dill was
taken up and passed. So;
In the Senate, on the 2sth. no business what
ever was transacted, the Senate in body re-
pairing to the hall of the House OF Represents
tives to attend the funeral services of Chief
Justice Waite In the House, in the pres
ence OF o vast and distinguished assemblage,
the obsequies of the late Chief-Justice were
conducted, at the close Of which the House ad-
tourned.
In the Senate, on the 29th, the most OF the
day was devoted to the consideration OF minor
bills on the calendar. II was agreed to ad.
tourn over Good Friday. Mr. Berry secured
the floor, and made speech on the Presidents
message, taking strong grounds in favor OF the
position assumed on the Tariff question Dy
the Chief Executive ......In the House,
the principal event was the debate on the ad-
verse report on the resolution calling on the
Postmaster.Ge General for information on the al.
legged postal discrimination In favor of Cana
dian citizens. The resolution was tabled. Mr..
Nelson made speech IN favor of tariff redue
tion. %
THE Senate was not In session on the 30th.
....,, In the House the day was almost wholly
occupied in discussing the bills granting pen
sion 70 Mrs. General Logan and increasing the
pension OF Mrs. General Frank p. Blair. Both
bills, however, after q number Of speeches for
and against them, were passed.
PERSONAL AND PoLITICAI.
RECENTLY Recorder Smyths of New
marked aPersonal:n "Dear Sir: When q
dered, $250, 700 in 81 600 bills will be left at
work Of some wag.
ON the 28th funeral services to the late
Chief Justice Waite, attended by the
members Of the Senate and House of Rep
resentative, the Associate Justices OF the
fad Gfo< 4 -.
families, the President and his Cabinet,
the Diplomatic Corps, representatives Of
the various bodies of which the deceased
was member, and relatives and friends,
were held in the House of Representa-
tiYes.
DIV the 2sth Claus Spreckels, the sachca-
rine king OF the Pacific coast, arrived In
Baltimore, to inspect the advantages Of
fered by that city for his proposed sugar
refinery.
Ar the funeral OF Chief Justice Waite
the Union League Club of New York City
was represented by Elwood e. Thorne, an
old and intimate friend Of the illustrious
dead.
On the 28th Rev. Father J. C. Drumgool,
known all over the world through the pa
per The Homeless Child, whose subscrip-
tions built the Mission of the immaculate
Virgin In Lafayette place, New York CITY.
at o cost OF $3.50, 900, died at the Home, OF
pneumonia, aged seventy years.
SIR JoHN MAcD oHALD is reported "a say
Ing that no executive will be created
under the bin relating to the government
of the Northwest Territories.
On the 10Th President Isaac Hinckley OF
the Philadelphia, Wilmington q Balti-
more Railroad Company died in Philadel-s
phia.
on the 2sth Land Commissioner stock
slager refused patents TO redwood TIMBER
land In Humboldt County, Cal. valued at
Sa,0O0, ,O00, ,fraudulently entered by the Red
wood Land Company.
ON tho 29th the Arkwright Club Of Bos-
son sent protest to the Congressional
committee on ways and means against the
clause In the Mills Tariff bill, substituting
the ad valorem principle for the specific
system OF duties.
TIE National Association has restored
Malcolm w. Ford as an amateur athlete,
he had been pronounced ineligible for
alleged participation in professional
games in 1885.
ON the 2Sth the State Central COMMITTEES
OF the Prohibition party of Connecticut
VVtcu W SsdA q COuF6uuOU 8t Hartford.
about .AIgusN /, to nominate State ticket.
ON the 31st she funeral services over the
remains of x-Lieutenant- Governor Dors-
heimer were held In Grace Church, New
York City.
ON the 29th the Crosby High-License
bill passed the New York Assembly by a
vote OF 66 to 81.
On the 30th the House committee on
commerce agreed to favorable report on
the bills establishing permanent quaran-
sine at San Francisco; also, the bill to
change the method Of paying steamboat
inspectors.
On the 30th Counsel Tweed of the Cen
tral Pacific railroad made an argument
before the House committee on Pacific
railroads, In favor Of the bill under con.
sideration to extend The time allowed his
company to meet its indebtedness to the
Government. a
ON the both, in reply to the OFFER OF tho
Detroit Erening Journal to pay 500 10
General Greedy Or any other person who
would sendit acorrect guess as to the three
hottest days in Detroit daring the conine
summer, General Greely telaRraphed thaf
they should he Tnfy III 7K 1rd ~ n