Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate ON Thursday, the FOL
lowing House bills were reported and
placed on the calendar: Authorizingthe
construction of bridges across the Ten
nessee river at Chattanooga, Tenn, and
at Gunthersville, Ala. Mr.. Stewart
called up the joint resolution offered by
him on the 14th instant for a constitu-
tional amendment reducing to a simple
majority the vote necessary to override
the presidential veto, and addressed the
Senate on the subject. Senator Stewart
closed his speech at half-past one and
then the conference report on the pen
sion appropriation bill was agreed to.
She select committee to examine into all
questions touching meat products of the
Uniled States was announced. (Messrs.
Vest, Plumb, Henderson, Cullom and
Coke and the Senate proceeded to ex-
ecutive business. T.. On a motion Mr..
Cachings, of Mississippi, the Senate bill
passed for the erection of public build
ings at Vicksburg, Miss, at an ultimate
cost of 500, 900. On motion of Mr..
Taulbee, of Kentucky, the Senate bill
was passed authorizing the construction
of bridges across the Kentucky river and
its tributaries by the Louisville, Cincin-
natl & Virginia Railroad Company. On
motion of Mr.. Lee, of Virginia, the bill
was passed, making Inauguration day
a holiday in the District of Columbia.
! The House then went into the committee
of the whole, (NIr. Turner, of Georgia,
in the chaiDon the postoffice appropriation
bill. On motion of Mr.. Blount, of Georgia,
the allowances for mail messenger service
was increased from 5000, 900 to $3.50, 000
The conference report on invalid pension
appropriation bill was agreed to. The
bill is identically the same as it passed
the Senate, except that the appropriation
for stationery and other expenses of pen
sion agencies is reduced from $3.50 to
$4,000.
| Rev. Samuel HI. Giesy, ID. D., rector
of the Church of Epiphany in Washing
ton died on Sunday of pneumonia.
The Hatch bill to enlarge the duties OF
the department of agriculture and make
1T an executive department, is going
through with rush
The United States Consal at Port al
Prince, Hayti, reports another revolution,
and President Cleveland at once directed
Admiral Luce to send man-of-war tc
/ protect American interests.
The bill to pay Morgan Rawles, OF
Georgia, $4,000 for property destroyed
by Union forces during the War, which
/ also passed the Senate on Wednesday
will go to the President on Friday.
In mapping out the work for the
United States Supreme Court for tn,
Summer, Justice Lamar was assigned tC
the circuit embracing Georgia, Florida
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas.
Some of the Southern members of the
House Committee ON rivers and harbors
are dismayed by the changes made in the
bill by the Senate committee, and ex-
press an intention to vigorously oppose
those of importance. 1t is asserted that
the New England appropriations have
been, in many instances, increased even
beyond the estimates made by the engin.
eer officers, and those submitted by the
department, while the Southern items
have been ruthlessly cut.
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