Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-03

aert N confer the breyet rank on army
officers for brilliant service IN lhdiah
campaigns. To authorize the w .h' y,
OF badges of the Grand Army ol tre y.
public. A Joint resolution Tor tle 49, I,
ition of the office OF surveyor Seutet" III
Nebraska and Iowa. A resniutluh =!
MIR. Plumb, directing inquiry ln'o Va.
causes of inefficient mall serVloeI WI
taken mn and agreed to- fesoiusio .'i'
offered by Mr. Henderson some aal :
ago, requiring the secretary Oh Wat ~
furnish senators, on request lIss y,
parsons To whom copies Of the RECORD OF
the rebellion are TO be issued, was taken
mn, Mr.. Henderson said that since OIL
fering the resolution he had held oon,
yersation with the secretary OF war, M ~
expressed his readiness TO turnlsh th1
information asked, and said ms reiusa!
TO do so before was owing 20 q ruie %
the department not established hy MN
Mr.. Henderson said that since the as
cussion about public documents some
DAYS AGO his mail and that Of other sem
ators had been inundated with requests
for documents, among them the records
Of the rebellion. The resolution was
adopted. ~.
WAsHrS ROY, Feb. 10. House. = Mr..
Adams, Of Illinois, from the committee
on judiciary, reported adversely the
bill designating the first Monday IN DC
tober as the day on which congress
shall meet. Tabled. Mr.. Peel, OF Ar
kansas, from the committee on Indian
affairs TO divide the great Sioux reser-
cation into smaller reservations House
calendar. On motion OF Mr.. Dockery,
of Missouri, the senate amendments
were concurred in 10 the house Dill pro-
yiding for the appointment OF eleven
division superintendent OF the railway
mail service. The house then went m
tocommittee of the whole on the urgency
deficiency bill. Pending final action
on the bill the house took recess TIL >
o'clock. The house met at s O'Clock for
debate upon the Pacific telegraph bill.
Mr.. Anderson spoke in support OF the
bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II. House.. The
Blair education bill was laid before the
house and referred to the committee on
education. The urgency deficiency bill
was then taken up. The amendment in
structing the public printer to enforce
rigidly the provisions OF the eight-hOuE
law was adopted and the bill passed.
The bill for the relief OF Nathaniel Nc
Kay and the executors OF Donald Nc
Kay was passed. Mr.. Stone, Of Ken.
lucky, moved TO reconsider the vote and
lay that motion on the table, pending
which Mr. Springer moved 20 make n
verbal amendment to the title and upon
this motion took the floor in opposition
TO the bill. Quite lengthy discussion
ensued. Mr.. Cox, of New York, and
others antagonized Mr. Springer and
his amendment, so the title was rejected
and the motion TO reconsider the vote
by which the bill passed was tabled.
After some other business the house pro-
ceeded TO involve itself in parliament
tary tangle, and finally adjourned until
Monday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. SENATE. -
Senator Palmer, from the committee on
agriculture, reported favorably what is
known as the contagious pIeuro-pneu.
monia bill. Senator Henderson re-
ported fayorably the bill 10 amend the
act setting apart the land ut tho head.
waters of the Yellowstone river for a
public park. Palmer from the commit
tee on agriculture reported the bill for
the establishment Of bureau Of ami.
NAL industry. Placed on calendar. Mr..
Blair introduced a bill declaring that
any person convicted Of carnally and
unlawfnlly knowing any female under
the age of eighteen years shall be nun.
1shed by imprisonment from hye to ten
To-
ing his natural life. A punishment Of
ten to thirty years is provided for per.
sons torcibly rayishing any female, and
for the period Of his natnrnl,liie Tor any
person who carries out his ends by the
means of potions or drugs. The pFo.
visions OF the bill are made applicable
70 al places within the jurisdiction Of
the United States.
WAsHrNGrov, Feb. 90. Horsr. -.
Bills were introduced and referred.
For tue protection Of settlers on public
lands. For the apportionmCnt Ton ba.
sis OF illiteracyJ Of SG5, 900, 900 among
tile states and territories for educational
purposes. To amend homestead laws so
as to provide that only 81 shty acres can
be entered instead Of 1850 acres, and to
permit only citizens of the United
States to enter homestcads. 70 csttb.
lish m industrial school at Rismark.
y. i. A Joint resolution was intro.
duced proposing u constitutional amend.
mcnt extending the presidential term TO
eight years. Mr.. Culbertson moved 10
suspend the rules and place upou Il,
passage the Hoar joint resolution pro.
posing constitutional amendment
changing the date Of inauguration dny
and extending the terms Of members ~
congress- until April 30. The motion
was lost and the house adjourned.
WAsHrNaTos, Feb. 81. SENATE
Among the bills introduced and r.,
ferred in the senate to-day was one by
Mr.. Plat to establish M experimental
grass and forage plant farm, and for
experiments rclatingto grass
and forage plants. The bill provides
for the purchase Of farm in the yicin
1ty Of the hundredth meridian where
extended experiments could lie carried
on; and 1t also authorizes the commits.
sioner OF agriculture 10 carry on snch
experiments without the purchase of
land, near the city of Washington. Mr.
Sherman from the committee on
finance, reported back adversely the bin
the secretary Of tile treas.
ury to override and reverse the de.
cisions of inferior officers Of the depnrt.
ment in relation to letters Of account
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-HorraF ~