The Osceola times., 1888-09-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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coNoRrssroNAL PROCEEDINGS.

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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDIN0s.
In the Senate. on the iith. til proceedings
were marked by the passage OF the House bill
known as the Fourth OF July Claims." bill
intended TO reimburse those who suffered dam
,sge in small amounts during the war. The bill
covers CSC claims, aggregating On amount
of tisooo. Consideration OF the chinese
Exclusion bill was resumed, but no
action thereon resnlted.....-.--..In ths
House. the Sundry Civil Appropriations
bill was taken up. and several hours OF unim-
portant debate was. had upon the pending
amendment relating 10 the reclamation OF arid
lands. The amount OF the proposed appropria'
sion was reduced from ~. ooo 70 soooo The
vote on subsequent motions showed no quorum
present and the Houss adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the ieth. MI. George offered
On amendment to the Sherman bill prohibiting
srusts, tie most important point OF which was
making II the duty OF the President. in his
discretion. to issue q proclamation suspending
the import duties on articles raised In price In
Consequence OF combinations. Mr. Hoar spoke
10 the amendment. charging Democrats and
the Democratic party witn responsibility foi
existing trusts. Mr.. Payne denied all con
pection with the Standard on Company. The
amendment was ordered 10 be printed .... In
the House. consideration Of the Sundry Civil
Appropriations bill was resumed. The Senate
amendments were concurred in, with m
amendment The Senate bill was passed pro
iding that appointments to the Marine Hos
pitsl service shall be made by the President
In the Senate, on the 18Th, the feature Of the
proceedings was Senator Jones' speech on the
Chinese Exclusion bill Mr.. Allison announced
the receipt Of a letter from Nr. Beck saying
that he was improving slowly. Mr.. Platt In
troduccd q resolution OF inquiry % 10 whe thsr
foreign syndicate was controlling tho price Of
copper in this country. j.. In the Hose, 'ths
event OF the day was the passage OF the Senate
bill amending the Interstate Commerce law
a joint resolution was passed extending the
existing appropriations for the sundry civil "a.
psnses Of the Government until October !.
IN the Senate. on the i<th, the features ofthe
work were: An animated discussion on the
delay OF the report Of the Senate Tariff bill o
bitter personal debate between Senator Hoar
and Senator Payne. and the vote on the mo-
ton 70 recons slider the passage Of the Chinese
Expulsion bill, the motion being again post-
poncd for want ofA quorum voting... I'm the
House. . telegram from the Surgeon GENERAL
20 Mr.. Dougherty CFla.) on the yelloe fever
sisuation was read. and tho senato joint reso-
lution sppropriating teoo00o 10 suppress tnfec.
Con In the Interstate commerce Of the United
otates vas taken mp and passed.
PrnsossAL AM POLITICAL
NEAR Helena, Mont. on the lith, ten
men were killed and fve others seriously
wounded by the explosion of a giant cap
in Wicke's tunnel, on the Montana Gen.
tral railroad.
OK the 18th returns from all but few
plantations in the Second Congressional
district Of Maine gave Dingley, Repub-
lican, 20,719; Allen, Democrat 1929;
Eustis, Prohibitionist 75s; Howard, La
Dor, COS. Republican gain, l, TAB over two
years ago.
UP to the 12th the committee on foreign
relations had received no response from
the Secretary OF State TO Senator Hoar's
resolution asking for copies of protests
made by the Administration, II any had
been made, against the outrages per-
petrated by the Canadian authorities upon
American fishermen. Consideration Of
the Retaliation bill awaited the informa-
tion asked for.
THE debts Of the late King Ludwig Of
Bavaria have been almost all cleared up,
and there Is u good prospect Of rebuild
ing the royal fortune. -f-'s-s 80
OK the 18th J. Newton Gotthold, the
well-known theatrical manager, actor
and elocutionist, died at his residence,
Sewickly, Pa, of Brigh's disease.
GOVERNOR Hill OF New York was re-
nominated by acclamation by the Demo-
cratic State convention at Buffalo, on the
18th. Lieutenant-G Governor Jones was
also renominated bv acolamation.
THIS autumn Miss Nellie Bay ard, the
fifth daughter OF the Secretary OF State,
will make her formal debut in society.
A. J. STAGE, of Indiana, has been ap-
pointed by the President TO he assistant
10 the United States Commissioner
General to the International Exposition
at Paris.
On the 18th the fourteenth annual re.
union of the Seventeen Indiana Genera
Hsrrison's) regiment was held at Clay
ton, small village twenty miles from
Indianapolis. General Harrison wa
present. and spoke toan ,andience ofi5,s
900 people.
JOHN b. ALLEN, of Seattle, was nomi
mated for Congress by the Republicans oi
Washington Territory, on,the 18th.
JUDGE THURMAN, 1t Is said. has formed
no definite programme for speaking DUR
Ing the remainder Of the campaign.
COMPLETE returns from Maine give Bur
leigh 10 003; Putnam, 6l, los; Gushing
2eI1; Simmons, g79. Republican plural
'ty, 1s, 4as. Senate unanimously Repub
loan; House, 1913 Republicans and .
Democrats.
MISS CLARA BARTON, president OF IN,
American branch of the Red Cross, 10 re-
ported to have said, on the 13th, that sub,
scriptions for the yellow fever relief fund
were coming in at u gratifying rate.
TIE President has vetoed ninety min,
bills, sixty -four House and thirty.hvt
Senate bills, during 4 e present session
Of Congress.
On the 18th Hon. John c. Edwards, wht
went to California in 1919. died at Stock.
ton. aged eighty-four. He was Governor
Of Missouri from 1871 TO lsfs.
TIE physicians Of Hon. Samuel ]. Ran.
dali say they hope forhis recovery before
the December session Of Congress-.
SEN ATR resolution appropri atine $500, !
100 for the Suppression Of infection id the
inter- State commerce OF the United
States. was passed by the House OF Rep
resentatives, on the l4th. This is intend.
ed to apply against the spread of yellow
fever.
PRESIDENT CARyor at banquet given
in his honor at Rouen. on the night of tn,
18th, declared that the French Govern
ment knew how TO place constitutions
rights and indispensable liberties beyond
the reach of all danger.
Mr. VIM. REDMOND OF Dublin, ireland
has been sentenced 20 three months i'm
prisonment, without harl labor, undel