The Osceola times., 1888-03-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various 6surseA
coNaRKsslONAL rROuRKpTnas.

OOmVllcY lIVm VI 1--WE o~e<
CONGRESSIONAL. rROCRKDn0s.
In the Senate on the 9th Joint resolution
directing the geological survey to investigat
she prseticaoiiity OF constructing reservoirs 70
irrigatins purposes In the arid regions OF VI
West was passed. Consideration OF the Depend
ent feslsion hill was resumed, and Senator In
gans took the noor In q s5t speech I'm favor Of th,
I'm endmcnt 10 insert the words "from innrms
ties of age" in which he made vigorous replJ
70 the structures and statistics Of Senator Vest
Mr.. Blackburn. in the absence Of Mr.. Vest TO
Flied 70 the Senator from Kansas. ... In ths
House. the contested election case OF McDufns
". Davidson, from Alabama, was decided IN
favor Of the setting member. Mr.. McDu1ne.
In the senate, on m 7th, Mr.. Beck gave no
sicc that he would on NEXT Tuesday call up his
hill TO substitute coin certer1cates for gold
Ard silver certificates and would reply TO
Senator sherman's remarks Of yesterday. The
House provision In the Urgency Deficiency
tin, requiring the public printer 10 rigidiy
enforce the provisions OF the Eight
hour Law was stricken out......In the
House the bill sppropriating $4,000 for . pub
ho building N Sedalia, Mo-, was passed. The
bill to divide :he Great Sioux Indian Reserva-
tion and for allotment TO Indians In severalty
was agreed 10.
In the Senate on the sth petition bearing one
hundred and twenty thousand signatures from
thirty-thrss states and Territories against the
sdmissiou OF Utah 10 Statehood so long as its
people are under Mormon rule was received
ana referred The Dependent Pension
bill was taken up and after sew
epal amendments had been discussed
and rejected. the bill was passed
yeas. ~: rays. .ie.. . -. In the House the bill
appropristine $4,000 for the purchase Of the
swords OF the late General Shields was passed.
Several bills OF no general interest were called
up and referred, and the House adjourned.
TEE Senate was not in session on the 9TH.
In the House the amendment 10 the War.
Claim bill nppropriatng 5000 for the relief
OF the Protestant Episcopal Theological
Seminary and High School OF Virginia,
vas passed. The remainder OF the day
wes consumed In the consideration OF private
oiiis- night session was held, nj which
thrty-four private pension bills were passed,
Including one increasing the pension OF the
widow Of General Robert Anderson, the hero Of
tort SUMTER TO eiOo month.
THE Senate was not In session Oh the 10th
I'm the House the Dependent Pension bill
was received from the Senate and referred to
the committee on invalid pensions. Bills were
passed extending for two years the time
Of payment by settlers for lands on the
Omaha Indian Reservation In Nebraska, and TO
restore 70 the public domain part Of the Uintah
indian Reservation In Utah, and prescribing
penalty of nne and Imprisonment for the un-
lawful cutting OF timber on Indian rcserva-
tons.
PERSONAL AND POLrrrcAi.
AT Evansville, Ind. a committee Of six
bpiritualists have asked permission Of the
City Council Of that place TO exhume the
remains of Robert Carnes, who died in
1871, because II had been revealed to them
through spiritualistic channels that his
VIII, which had never been found, was In
his coffin.
On the 9Th Johanna Yocum, a widow,
living at Ninevah, o., tell into the fire
In fit and was burned TO death.
DR. MACKENZIE, IL is reported, has been
to the view Of the Crown
Princes malady held by the German doc,
tors
ON the Sth the Democratic State Com.
mittee assembled at Indianapolis, Ind.
Chairman James II. Rice resigned his DO.
sition and f. p. Richardson was chosen to
hii the vacancy for the unexpired term.
Inc state convention will be held In In.
aianapplis April 26, at which time a
ots.s ticket will be nominated and dele
gates to the National convention selected.
y On the 7th the protocols submitted by
the British ana American commissioners
1t the fishery conference at Washington
were laid before the Canadian House Of
Commons. Contrary to expectations, Sir
Charles Tupper and Mr.. Chamberlain, to-
gether with the American commissioners,
made proposition for greater freed ON of
commercial intercourse between the two
Countries before discussing the fishery
question.
OK the 7th Mr.. A. Stirling Pennin gton,
assistant United States district attorney
for Maryland. died at Baltimore
AT one O'clock on the morning OF the
7th Eiiwood Baum, prcprie tor and editor
OF the Pottstown (Pa.) Duly Neios,
dropped dead at his desk, OF heart disease
OK the 7th the bill granting won an
uffrage at municipal and school elec.
tions was defeated in the Iowa House OF
A motion TO recon.
sider the vote was laid on the table.
This virtually kills the bill for this ses-
sion.
On the 18th the funeral servic es OF Miss
Alcott were held in Boston. They were
entirely private, only invited friends
being present. The burial took place In
the old ''Sleepy Hollow" graveyard at
Concord.
oN the 9Th the Cr own Prince, on learn
ing oil the severe illness Of his father, de-
termined, despite the opposition Of the
herman doctors, to repair TO Berlin.
On the evening of the sth, during the
hour when the old Kaiser was thought to
be diving, divine services were being held
h lao l.l H..
ily and court dignitaries. The crowd out
side Joined in the prayers.
The death OF the Emperor Of Germany
and the affiiction Of his son has had the
effect Of al laying the national hatred OF
the French, and engendered a feeling Of
profound sympathy.
OK the sth the disappearance of Allen
Myers from Columbus. o., caus cd the
Of the tally-sheet trial
again. II is thought he has been fright
ened away by runner that he was to be
arrested for contempt of court.
Ok the sih the board OF managers for
the Ohio prison paroled John Fasnet, the
ballot-box stuirer OF Cincinnati
IT is said that Mayor Hewitt of New
York City claims to have received great
many letters commencing and not one
his refusal TO review the
par ade of the Irish societies on st. Pat
rck's Day.
The funeral arrangements Of the late
Emperor will no, be made until the ar.
rival of Frederick III. The Emperor
directed that be be buried where his par
ents lie at Charlottenburg.
In addition to adopting resolutions of
sorrow for the late FmDeror'S death. the
New York German Society have sent
rablegram TO the Empress Augusta ex-