The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-25
THE WEEKS NEWS.
Congressional Proceedings for the Week
Miscellaneous y exEs Items.


miscellaneous News Items.
Monday, April l6.-In the senate, Mr..
Stewart introduced bill to grant to Mrs.
Marion Waite a pension Of 5000 per annum.
Mr.. Riddleberger asked action on q resolution
to consider the fisheries treaty in open session,
but on objection it went bver. a financial de
bate was participated in until p. M, when
the Dakota bill came up, Mr. Spooner speaking
in its favor. Mr.. Vest obtained the floor and
the bill went over. The private pension bin
went over. Two private pension bill vetoes
were read and referred. In the house, under
the call of states, bills were introduced. The
river and harbor bill came up under the call of
committees under suspension, and its reading
was demanded. The motion TO suspend the
rules was lOSt-yeas 1872 nays, 102, not two
thirds. Wilkins from banking and currency,
moved to suspend the rules and pass resolu-
ton declaring ii TO be the sense Of the house
that the secretary, under existing law, may pur-
chase bonds out of the surplus 1t WAS car
rled-yeas l3S, nays Ga.
Tuesday, April lin the senate bill was
reported TO make Inauguration day q holiday
In the District Resolution was reported IN
quiTing the method of distributing public
money among depository banks. A number of
private pension bills were passed. In the
house, after the usual morning hour business,
Mills tariff bill was called up. Mr.. Mills and
Mr.. Kelley opened the debate.
Wednesday, April 1S.-In the senate an adj
verse report was made on Riddlebergers rcsOlu-
ton tor the consideration of the fisheries treaty
in open session. a bill was introduced for the
erection OF a building for the supreme court OF
the United States The resolution 10 investigate
alleged land frauds in Florida was considered
until p m when the Dakota bill was taken
uD. MessrS Sherman, Vest and Hawley spoke.
l.
the carrying of Chinese labOrers into the United
States. The conference report was submitted
and agreed to upon the bill authorizing the
president to arrange conference between the
United States and the South and Central Aulen-
can countries \ conference was ordered on
the Paris exposition bill. The committee on
labor took the floor, and the bill TO establish a
bureau of labor was passed The bill 70 create
a board OF arbitration was consluerca ana
passed.
were presented and referred, and reports made
from committees authorizing the retirement OF
John c. Fremont as major general, L. D a,
and apprOprlating Sl5ONOO Tor quarters anu
barracks at branches OF the national solaleS
homes A resolution was offered by Mr.. Hoar,
and referred, providing for an official report OF
the executive debate OH the fisheries treaty.
The senate then resumed consideration oil the
Dakota bill, which was passed, % yeas, % nays
"A Marty vote. Bills were reported Tor pubic
IL
In the house a petition was presented from the
Maritime exchange of Philadelphia against the
sugar and moasSes schedule OF the Mills hll.
The tariff debate was postponed until TUESDAY
next by agreement.
session. In the house bills were passed an-
thorizing the construction of certain bridges
and providing beacon lights on the Illinois
river The house agreed 10 the senate amend
ments TO the military academy appropriation
I Al ,r.aNe ms
bill. An attempt to secure three hlSilt sessions
for private claims failed, and the house. ON a
| contest between the river and harbor commit
tee invalid pensions and the committee on
! claims. decided against the latter The pension
/ appropriation bill was taken up first and
/ passed. ~
/ session. In the house the regular order was
Dublic land business, but the river and haroOr
/ men gained the day Only four pages OF the
/ bin had been considered when the house ad-
! journed-
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
Fruit seriously injured by frost IN Floyd
county, Ind
mouth Friday.
Chief Arthur, at Chicago, says that the 90
strike will continue.
Three hundred and sixty-eight saloons in
Montgomery county, ..
! Call issued for n national convention OF man
| ufacturers at DesMOlnes-
The estate of ex-senator Conkling is valued
at quarter of a million.
Five men fatally injured Saturday by a blast
explosion near Labadie, No.
Nellie Grant, aged eleven years, burned to
death at Lanesville saturday.
Order of arrest issued for Anthony Comstock,
at New York, on a charge OF conspiracy
Adam Gebhart. a domestic, was burned by q
| To-; F. Nov
! Wonderful discovery of precious metals In
the silver country north OF Lake Superior.
William B. Dinsmore, president of the Adams
express company, died at New York Friday.
Jacob Robinson, life prisoner has compro.
missed $4,000 damage suit at Jacksonville.
A thirteen-year-old boy died at Shelbyyille
last week from the effects OF cigarette smOk
ing.
David s. Fotheringham gets $4,000 verdict
against the Adams express company at st
Louis.
The alleged starvation of Indians in the
Northwest territories has been grossly exag
gerated.
Minister Pendleton is rapidly recovering
from a slight paralytic stroke received recent
ly in Germany.
Jim Fell and Bob Ferguson of Chicago fought
to draw in bloody glove fight at lIoboken
Nj, Thursday.
Isaac hIrkpdtflck anu WIG stSpctltu VI IA
cendiarism were shot by mob at Gallatin
Tenn, last week.
George W. Shultz, shoe merchant at NorwalS
O., who disappeared four weeks ago. turns uI
in Pennsylvania.
Ida Sidener and Ella Wilson, students q
Franklin college were injured in playing see
saw" last Friday.
Valuable horses belonging 20 Senator Stan
ford were burned in an incendiary fire neal
San Francisco lastweek.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis rail
road filed $2O,000OO0 mortgage at Chatta
nOOga, Tenn, last thursday
A treasury expert at Frankfort, KY, recentl
found ten 500 bills pinned together under th'
safe IN the state treasury vault.
Mrs. Conner, christian Scientist" allowed
her daurhter 10 lie from lack of medical al
I tendance, at New York, Saturday.
The Hon. Thomas NJ Browne was nominate
for congress by the republicans of the SIXt
Indiana district at Nashville last Thursday.
In a runaway accident at Decatur, Ill, Mr.
I. b. c. Lefingwell, the mother Of the Rev
Sanford Lcffingwell, was instantly killed las
Thursday.
A family were butchered near Charleston
w. Va, last Wednesday. Three of the mu
derers were killed and another wounded by
plucky peddler
Mrs. Eliza Nixon, an aged and wealthy lad
residing in Wichita Kas.. was abducted by wv
unknown men. Their object is believed TO
to secure a ransom.
The Jury in the case of J. s. Hamilton, o
trial at Brandon Miss. for the killing of Rod,
rick Dhu Gambrell, in Jackson, Miss, returne