The Osceola times., 1888-12-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


Treasury, were presented and appropriately re.
ferred Mr.. Frye made m unsuccessful at
tempt 10 have the Uafon Pacific Railroad bill
considered. The Tarin bill was then taken up
ent its consideration was postponed until the
bth.. In the House, the Speaker presented
the annual reports of the Secretary OF the
Treasury and the Comptroller Of the Currency,
which were referred Mr.. Mcdonald. OF Min.
nesota, presented q petition OF citizens Of
North Dakota for the immediate admission
into the Union Of South Dakota and AoatanA.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, sevoE~i - s.ssoiutions
of inquiry were offered and siopted. The
Senate Tarin bill was tako, up. and of the
various amendments oeered a few were adopt
ed and many were rejectcd The Union Pacific
Funding bill received brief consideration The
Iarin oiii VS. then again taken up, and after
aisposiY OF thirty pages Of the bilL the
Senap- went into secret session, and at
S:% D. m. adjourned. -. In the House a
humber Of bills were introduced ara a.
propriately referred. The bill TO adjust
accounts under the Eght-Hour law was
brought up and discussed, and the bill 10 quiet
titles OF settlers upon the Dos Moines river
lands In Iowa. was considered and passed. and
the House at <;9n .. m. adjourned.
IN the Senate, on TIT 9Th, Mr.. Sherman
raised the question OF the constitutonality Of
the Law OF Congress under which secretaries OF
State are required 10 forward to beth houses
certified copies OF the credentials OF prysi
dental electors chosen In their respective
States. Consideration OF the Tarie bill was
resumed, eight pages being ye-iewed. A joint
resolution proposing q Constitutional amend
mcut extending the PRESIDENTIAL term OF ofiice
20 six years VIZ, introduced and laid on the
table Ir the House, discussion OF the Di-
rectTax bill was begun. An effort was made
70 reach some agreement touching the Offering
and pendency Of amendments TO the h,ih but IL
proy>d futile. The District Oh Columbia Ap-
ptopriaton bill was reported and referred
The senate was not In session on the sth. %.
II ;se House, tie Invalid Pension Appro-ria
ticn bill was reported Majority --H minority
reports on the Eliiott.smsls contested. .elec
zion case was received ahd placed on the cal
endar. The re,naiadvf OF the day was taken up,
In committee 9i the whole. In consideration OF
the senate MI to Incorporate the Nicaragua
Canal Company. Several amendments 10 the
bill ~ere adopted. A brief evening session
was held, at the close Of which the House nd.
lourned until the 10th.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH or AUSTRIA,
on the occasion Of the fortieth anniver-
sary Of his succession 10 The throne, re-
ceived from the Pope beautiful image of
the Virgin fashioced in mosaic. The i'm
age was made tn the Vatican and cost n, 900.
MAN Eamed Moller, IL is stated, has
been arrested In Dublin as the person
whc loaned to the Times papers contain
ing many false statements which the pa
per has made against Mr.. parnell and his
associates,
SENIOR CAssoLA, Minister Of War, has
resigned from the Spanish Cabinet.
ARCHITECT MILLER, from Washington,
has made report TO Governor Ross OF
Texas that the granite Capitol building at
Austin is first-class in every particular.
His report Is complete vindication of
the Farwell syndicate, which had been
freely charged with defective Workman
ship.
On the 9Th, during the session OF the
French Chambef, Deputies Susini and
Bas'a quarrcIed and came to blows. A
challengs passed, but the dispute was
hnai'y settled through friends.
On the 7th the sub committee OF the
House committee on appropriations, hav-
ing completed the regular Pension Appro-
priaiion bill, reported II to the full com'
'mittee. The bill appropriates ssi. 1877 800,
which Is 81 200 less than last years. APP
preparation, the reduction being made in
rent OF buildings.
Os the 9th President nt-elect Harrison left
Indianapolis for parts undesignated, for a
two days' hunt,
Mr.. A. II. Moss, president Of the Moss
National Bank Of Sandusky, o., died on
the 9Th. He was generally known and re-
sIccted among bankers throughout the
United States, and for many years was
one Of the most prominent laymen of tho
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Ar Wady Halfa, Egypt, reports have
been received that the White Pasha Is ad :
vancing northward.
W. II. WHEELocK, who played with the
Boston Baseball Club In iss7 and with
the Worcester club last season, has
signed with the pe.roits.
OS the sth hrgo Fritche, Austrian Con-
sui, who ha". been i'll for some time, was
In a crit.cal condition, and hope Of his re-
coyery was abandoned.
ALRx. MCPHERSON, formerly general
book-keeper of the Merchants Bank OF
Buffalo, N. Y, has been missing for some
time. His accounts were found to be
badly mixed, but he Is not thought to be a
defaulter. His disappearance is said to
be the result OF heavy betting on the pres.
idential election and fondness for cards.
IT Is reported that Israel Lucas, ex-
treasurer Of Auglaise County, o., who fed
to Canada about two years ago with $50, :
900 Of the county's funds, is dying with
consumption in Toronto.
1T IA reported that the Car and King
George Of Greece have agreed that the
marriage Of Grand Duke Paul OF Russia
and Princess Alexandria Of Greece shall
GOT take place until October next.
On the 9th the funeral services over the
remains Of the late Brevet- Brigadier Gen.
eral r. b. Ayres, were held at Fort Ha,nil-
ton, N. Y.
ON the 7th Josiah Sibley. a prominent
retired merchant of Augusta, Me-, died,
aged eighty-one. He leaves an estate
valued at about half million.
FOLLOWING is the official count of the
vote at the late election in Colorado. Har-
rison, 50,I66; Cleveland, 1882; Prohibi-
ton, 2,l0o; Labor, Les. Harrison's plu-
rality, l3,114.
On the 9th Representative Burrows. OF
Michigan, was formally announced as a
candidate for the Speakership of the
House.
On the 9th an injunction was issued in
the Chancery Court at Nashville, for
bidding Governor Taylor Of Tennessee to
issue a certificate TO II. CLAY Evans, the
Republican Congressman elect from the
Third distric.
On the eth the catch -as- catch -can con-
test at Scranton, Pa, between Tom Con-
non and Antonio Pierre, was won by the
latter, who secured two ont OF three falls.
II was splendid exhibition OF strength
and skill.
On the 9th Mrs. Jay Gould was reported
much better.
On the sth resolutions were adoped at a
joint convention of the City Council and
board OF trade Of Helena, Mont. demand-