The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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CONGRESSIONAL
The Senate on July 2 c~oncurred In the
conference report on the Legislative Appro-
PRESTON bill. After the passage OF several res
~olutions referring moro specially to local mat
ters the River and Harboy bill WAS taken up,
and after . long discussion the amendment
abolishin9 the Missouri River Commission was
disagreed to, and after several amendment
had been made the bill passed. 1t appropriates
g., 414.7 Sa. Senator Turpie then addressed the
Senate on the Presidents message and tariff
reform, at the close Of which the Senate went
into executive session and then adjourned until
Thursday. In the House Mr.. Anderson. OF
Iowa, introduced . bill providing for the con
troll and regulation of certain railroads. The
bill Is very long, and Mr.. Anderson. in order to
antagonize the passage Of the Union Pacific
Funding bill, demanded the reading Of his bill
in full. This occupied several hours, when he
offered another long bill and demanded its read.
ing. In order to break the deadlock the House
adjourned.
TIE Senate was not in session on the 81.
49, The conference report on the P0st-ofnce
Appropriation bill was presented and non-con-
currence recommended TO the Senate amend
ment approPriating e90 600 to provide . more
efficient mail service with South and Central
America; also the amendment fixing the rate
Of postage on seeds and bulbs 1t two cents q
pound. The remainder Of the session was de-
voted to the consideration Of the iron schedule
Of the Tariff bill. Adjourned until Thursday.
In the Senate on the 5th the conference
report ON the Agricultural Appropriation bill
was presented and Senator Plumb spoke in II.
vor of adhering to the Senate amendment Of
800. 900 for continuing the sorghum sugar exper-
iment. A further conference was asked on this
item. Senator Plumb also presented an amend
ment which he proposed to Of
fer to the Sundry Civil bill, sp
propriating t3,OC for . monument At the
National Cemetery at Mound City, Kan. Ad-
journed until Monday. . IL the House, after
the expiration Of the morning hour. the Land
Grant Forfeiture bill was taken up and consid
er-d at length. Many amendments were offered,
but when vote on its passage was reached no
quorum voted and the House adjourned, leaving
the bill as unfinished business.
The Senate was not in session on the 9Th.
:. In the House several conference reports
were presented and the Land-G Grant Forfeiture
bill passed by a vote Of Ia yeas to s nays. The
House then resumed consideration OF the Tariff
bill in Committee Of the Whole. and a long talk
was the result. At the evening session twenty
pension bills passed. Adjourned.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE POstmaster-General has written q
letter to the President formally protesting
against the proposition made by the Civil
Service Commission to extend the CLASH
fled service so as to include the railway
postal service.
Pa 81 No- .>-.~>- $500
reached when the celebrated criminal libel
case Of ex-POstmaster-Genera Villas
against William WEIGH, was discontinued.
GENERAL SHERIDAN was reported on the
Sd to have taken q relapse. while on board
the Swatara.
CHARLES A. AsHBURNER, Of the United
States Geological Survey. has received an
offer from the Shah Of Persia to take
charge of the Persian engineering corps.
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS, Of Illinois. Is lying
seriously i'll in his Washington house with
fever and Inflammation Of the bowels.
The Republicans of the First Vermont
bave renomiuated John W. Stewart
for Congress.
THE Liberal successes in the municipal
elections in Italy have alarmed the Vat
lean. The Pope, who is opposed to the in
terven tion Of the clergy, will counsel them
to abstain from future elections.
GENERAL GEORGE c. ROGERS, of Kansas.
member Of the Board Of Pension Appeals
in the Interior Department, has been dis
missed, and James Lacey, Of Missouri, has
been appointed to the vacancy.
THE alarming symptoms in the sickness
Of General Sheridan were reported the next
day to have subsidized.
DELEGATES from at least 400 Democratic
gathered in convention at Baltimore,
Nd, OF the 4th.
The National Republican Committee for.
mally notified General Harrison Of his
for the Presidency at ~Indianap-
olis on the 4th.
JOHN MARTIN, Of Shawnee. has been
by the Kansas Democrats for
Governorship. The other candidates
were: L~ieuteuant-G Governor, H.
Miles Moore, Of Leavenworth; Secretary,
Allen 6. Thurman, of Parsons; State Aud
itor, w. II. White. . of PaOla; State
W. H.. White, OF Council Grove; |
Attorney General C. F. D~iffenbacher, of
Great Bend; Superintendent Of Public In
struction, G. n. Cole, Of Phlllipsburg; As
s0ciate Justice OF b Supreme Court, W.
Campbell, Of Wichita.
AhS SAulCEtC0u party VI S0IlIOtul8 u0lO
is State convention on the 5th and elected
delegates to the National convention.
REV. Dr.. W. F. nichols, Of Philadelphia,
recently elected Assistant Bishop OF the |
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, has |
on the ground that his duty calls
IN him to continue his present iabors.
The O'Donnell libel suit against the Lon |
lon Times ended in favor Of the newspaper. |
Egan declared the letters connecting him
With the murder consplrscies were twill
connections"
KING MILAN, Of Servia, has been d..
forced from Queen Natalie by the Church
synod.
The President vetoed another private
,ension bill on the 5tb, and in doing so re.
marked that the abuses perpetrated in pri-
rate pension legislation were an injustice
the worthy veterans and q waste Of pub
ic money.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL GARLAND has re- |
urned to his residence In w Washington from
brief visit to the lower Potomac. He il
improved in health but is still too weak to
'esume his duties at the department. He
will probably cave in q day or two for
Rock Springs, Va.
IT is reported that Rev. Father Thomas
Mangan, of Joliet, ILL.,, will be appointed
7icar- Genera Of the Roman Catholic Do
,ese of Chicago. |