The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-03-23
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WAsniNoroN, March l0.-The dependcn,
pension bill was received from the senate and
referred to the committee on invalid PEN
sions.
A bill IVA passed extending FOR two years
the time Of payment to purchasers Of land on
the Omaha Indian reservation in Nebraska.
A bill also passed prescribing . penalty Of
ine and imprisonment for the unlawful cut
ting Of timber ON Indian reservations.
House adjourned.
WAsuISGroN, March 1?.-Uader the call
0e states q large number OF bills aud resolu-
tons were introduced and referred, among
them the following:
To provide for the settlement of the debt
of the Central Pacific Railway company
Hamilton bill).
Directing the committee OF agriculture to
inquire into the expcdiency Of prohibiting
the sale Of compound - pure lard.
. Relating to the tariff aad ioternal taxatio
RANDALL billy.
Providing for . commission to investigate
trusts, and for the repeal of the protective
tariff on all industries belonging to trusts.
Mr.. Boyle, Of Pennsylvania, rising to o
question Of privilege, offered . preamble aud
resolution reciting that 1t was stated that .
majority of the committee on ways and means
has not only refused oral hearing to produc-
crs, manufacturers and working men, but has
denied to them the right to have their petit.
lions read, aud directing the committee on
rules to make . thorough inquiry into the
matter.
Mr.. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, raised q
point Of order against the resolution that 1t
was not privileged, and the speaker pro TEN.
sustained the point.
The house then proceeded to the eonsidera-
tton Of Districs Of Columbia business and
soon adjourned.
W~Asn,Soros, March lS.-Among the bills
reported from committees Was the omnibus
bill for the admission into the union Of Da-
kota, Montana, Washington and New Mexico,
by Mr.. Springer, Of Illinois, and 1t was re-
ferrcd to committee Of the whole.
Bills were reported and sent to committee
Of the whole for the erection Of public build
ipgs at Gslesburg, Illinois, aud Davenport,
Iowa.
The committee on public buildings aud
grounds reported . bill appropriAung $4,000
for purchase of a site in Chicago, and provid.
Ing for the erection thereon at the ultimate
cost OF $4,000 of q building to he used as an
appraisers warehouse. Referred TO commit.
tee of the whole.
A bill providing that tie nrst session of the
Fifty-hrst congress begin March 4, 1880, va.
reported adversely.
The (sDsvocnr rcsolntfnn .1i.o,<frw n. ,us,
itary committee to inquire whether any un.
odlctal matter has teen Incorporated in tho
relation records was reported back and
adopted.
The remainder Of the day was consumed in
consideration of the bill allotting lands in
severalty to the united Peoria and Miami In
dtans, which nnally passed, and the house ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-speaker Carlisle
resumed the chair this morning in the house
aud was greeted with applause.
Mr.. O'Ferrall submitted a report Of the
committee on elections in tae Illinois con-
tested election case Of worthington ". Post.
Calendar. 1t confirms tie right of Mr.. Post
to the seat.
The floor was then accorded to the commit.
tee on foreign affairs.
Tho senate bill fixing the charge for pass.
ports at 81 was passed.
Several private bills were passed, and one
measure referring to the court claims, claim
Of Hannah j. Jones, executTix Of Emanuel
Jones, gave rise to considerable discussion.
During the war Emanuel Jones, a British SUBJ
tect residing in Mobile, purchased with con-
fcderate money a number Of bales Of cotton.
In April. 1866, the federal army took posses
sion of Mobile, and . guard having been
placed at the warehouse Jones was denied ad.
mission. In August the warehouse burned
aud the cotton was destroyed. The claim is
for the cotton 60 destroyed. After consider
able debate the house adjourned without &C.
ton.