The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-03
Epitonle of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL,

BILLS were reported In 1.-The Senate
on the Goth from committees for the
establishment Of o bureau Of animal industry,
and to relieve purchasers and indemnify States
under the Swamp and Overlooked Lands act. A
bill was introduced declaring that any person
convicted OF carnal and unlawful Intercourse
with any female under eighteen years shall be
punished by imprisonment for from FIVE to ten
years, and for the second oflense during his
natural life. The provisions Of the bill are
made applicable to all places within the
5urisd ction Of the United States In the
House bills were introduced for the protection
OF settlers on the public lands; for the
apportionment, on the basis OF illlteracy, Of
S165 GOO, 600 among the States and Territories
Tor educational purposes; to amend the home
stead laws SO as to provide that only eighty
acres can be entered instead of one hundred
and sixty acres, and to permit only citizens of
the I'm ted States to enter homesteads; pro-
vid1ng for the monthly payment of pensions A
JOINT resolution was introduced proposing a
constitutional amendment extending the Pres
1dential term to eight years:
THE Senate on the 21st made public the fab.
cries treaty. A bill was introduced to provide
Tor the establishment of an experimental grass
and forage plant farm, and for the conducting
OF experiments relating to grass and forage
plants, the farm to be in the vicinity of the one
hundredth MERRIAM 80. In the House the Sen
ate bill to credit and pay to the several States
oAo A0i1i'oiioS oil moneys COlleCLeO un0er the
direct tax was reported. resolution to
amend the constitution SO as to make polygamy
unlawful in tue United States. and defining the
meaning OF polygamy was reported.
THE session OF the Senate on the 22d was de-
voted 10 listening to the farewell address of
George Washingto to his army, which was
read by Senator ingalls,. The House was not
In session. -
In the Senate on the 2sd bills were reported
from committees to extend the southern and
western boundaries of the State OF Kansas
and to provide for the compulsory education of
Indian children, not including the five civilized
tribes nor the Osages. Bills were passed to
provide aid for State homes for disabled SOL
olers and sailors, and to extend the laws of the
United states over certain unorganized terri
tory south OF Kan sas popularity known as mo
Mans Land" In the House S. S. Cox OF
New York, was elected Speaker pro tenn. The
sess on was devoted to considering bills for
public buildings at various places
THE Senate adopted a resolution on tho 24th
requesting the President to inform the Senate
whether the French Government had prohib-
tied the importation of American products.
The bill granting pensions to ex.soldiers and
formance OF manual labor and providing for
pensions to dependent relatives Of deceased
soldiers and sailors was considered. Adjourned
TO the eth. In the House the Senate bill to
increase the pension for deafness was reported
lavoraoly, also the bill increasing the pension
Tor total disabilities to $50 per month. The bill
for the admission OF North and South Dakota
ms separate States was reported adversely.