The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

agency consolidated March 81, 1879. and
Ruffee served from that time to Sept 80.
1881 at the old salary.
PREsHNTm By Nh. NELSON.
By M: Nelson: *;
record OF Alvin Nilljgan: granting . pension to
l. +. Johnson; granting increase OF pension to
SS,aa Rowe: granting q pension TO- Jo'eph
| TO refer the claim Of b. H. Beaulieu to the court
OF claims: tor the relief Of citizens engseed In
tho Sioux Indian war in 1862: for tho relief Of
children 3; 1Sner s. t.
ltef Of Hartwell Silver.
Mr.. Nelson also introduced his bill placing
lumber, coal and sugar on the free list; his
bill Of last session for the improvement Of the
condition Of the Red Lake Indians; for .
public building AMI term Of court at Duluth,
and the railroad bills which have already
been mentioned Mr.. Lind introduced bill
placing books and pamphlets on the free list
and bill to amend the interstate commerce
law. His amendment to tho fourth section
provides:
1t shall also be unlawful for any common car
r1er. subject to the provisions of this act, to
ton per mile for the contemporaneous transpor-
tation Of the same class of freight for q shorter
than for longer distance over the same line In
point OF OF to the same point Of arrival: but this
shall not be construed as authorizing any COM
mon carrier, subject to the provisions Of this
act. to charge higher rate per ton per mile for
longer than shorter distance.
WISCONSIN AND IOWA BILLS
Senator Spooner presented the petition of
the board Of supervisors Of St Croix county,
praying certain legislation defining and con-
STRUNG the granting and ind emnity clauses
Of the act OF May S, 1864. granting land to
Wisconsin 10 aid in the construction of lail-
roads Mr. Spoouer introduced bill to- day
providing for the establishment of port of
entry at Superior, Wis Mr.. Gear of Iowa to-
day introduced the following bills In the
house:
Authorizing the construction Of Q railroad,
wagon AMI foot bridge across the Missippi rive.
$50 los for completing the work q i%pro1inx
tho Dies Moines rapids in the Mississippi, and
S16.25O for completing the dry dock a. Des
$4,000 appropriated for the Completion Of 4
pier ut the outer wall Of tho Des MONIES rapids
canal may be used to construct floating boom
the bridge Of Keokuk
DAKOTA.
Delegate Clifford of Dakota introduced
two bills for the admission of North and
South Dakota, already printed TN the Pro
NEER Press; bills allowing the Duluth l.
Manitoba road right Of way through the Fort
Pembina military reservations; throwing
open to settlement abandoned and useless
military reservations; providing for 6bm-
mission to negotiate with the Sisseton and
Wahpeton Sioux Indians for modification
Of present treaties and agreements; grant
ing section l6, near Rapid City, to
that town; granting certain sections
OF land near Grand Forks to tho
North Dakota university, and granting
tho Yankton i Missouri Valley railroad
right OF way through the Yankton Indian
reservation. Clifford also introduced bill
providing for the opening Of the Great Sioux
reservation 1t IL practically the old Dawes
bill with the tribal patent clause stricken
out He also offered bills granting the Du-
luth, Watertown l. Pacific road the right to
build bridge across the Missouri river at
some available point in Charles Mix county,
Oak to establish two new land districts
with the land officers at Pierre and Cham
berlain contingent upon the opening of the
Great Sioux reservation; granting section
OF land to Aurora county, OAK for the e.
tabltshment Of reform school, and provid-
ing for an inquiry into the losses sustained
BY settlers who had been deprived Of their
reservations by tho summary closing Of the
reservations by order Of President Cleye-
land.
Mr.. Mitchell in the senate called up tho
joint resolution directing the selection OF q
cite Tor navy yard on the coast north of
tho forty. second parallel OF north latitude
in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Mr..
Mitchell spoke in favor Of the resolution.
Mr.. Dolph said: Puget sound possesses
all the advantages that can be found for a
frst'class naval station. We cannot
afford to allow foreign conquests and &C.
quisitions to be carried to our very doors.
II We do We shall abdicate the position
territorial location entitle US to maintain
among tho nations OF the earth.
Tho resolution was referred to tho CON-
mittee on naval affairs. Senator Reagan
made q speech in opposition to the Blair
educational bill, which came up in the sen.
ate. It was not to the purposes OF the bill
but to its methods that he was opposed.
second section, providing that the money
shall be distributed among tho states and
territories In proportion to their popula-
ton according to the census or 1850. No
action was taken on the bill.
Among the nominations sent to the aen.
ate recently were the following:
Postmasters: T: B. Conn, Kiibourn
City, Wis.,; N: J. Benson, Torah, Mimi:
Thomas Hall. Preston, Mimi; H. l..
Atchison, Chatfield, Mimi; Henry silkker. |
kingsley, Iowa; L. ]. Foulton, Cassel.
ton. Dak.; c. E. Dudley, Marysville. Mont.
Register OF land Offices: Gilbert w. Car
rinston, Ashland, Wis; Henry Cornelius,
Menasha, Via; W. M. Blandins. St: Croix
Falls. Wis; William Porter, Dee Moines,
Iowa; j. r. Whiteside. Deadwood. OAK:
William Colville. Duluth, Mlnn.; James
Greedy. Redwood Falls. Mimi; ]. NJ.
Adams, Spokane Falls, WASH Indian
agents: J. d. Jenkins of lows, 6isseton |
Agency. OAK: R. D. Gwydir OF Kentuckey,
Colvills Agency. Wash. =
HOUSE.
The speaker. announced the standing
committees OF tho house.
The president sent to congress q commu.
nication from the secretary OF the interior |
submitting the. draft Of bill ito provide
for kkn rr0kocf i'm If kha Rn,.ns1 Villa, T.