The Osceola times., 1888-12-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


eussion OF the Tariff hill was resumed. and oc-
rupied the hours, with the exception OF shor,
oxe< utive session, until adJournment..... In
she House the conference report on the bill ~
retire General A ! Smith. with the rank OF
Coloncl OF cavalry was agreed 70. Considera-
elon Of . bill reported from the committee on
accounts, authorizing the appointment OF
clerks TO Senators and Representatives not
ehssfsscr OF committees, W. = refused. and the
remainder Of the session was taken up in the
eonsidoration VI appropriation bills
In the Senate, or the Goth. resolution foi
the adjournment OF Congress from December
q 70 January WAS agreed to. BY unanimous
consent It was agreed that voting on the Tarin
bill and amendments shall begin OF p. m.
January 81. The Tariff bill was briefly cons.d-
ercxl 49,. In the House, the adjournment reso-
luton was passed, ana consideration OF the
River and Harbor bill was resumed. The read
ins Of the bill BY paragraphs having been en-
sered upon, the committee rose, and the House.
q ave o'clock. adjourned
In the senate. on the 2Ist, the Public Print
ing Deficiency DILL approprlating $4,000 for
printine and 5000 for observations OF the
eclipse Of the sun on the Ist OF January. was
passed. A resolution was agreed TO calling on
thc Secretary Of the Treasury for statement
of bond purchases since March 4, 1887. Consid-
Grafton Of the Tariff bill was then resumed on
Tho cotton-mAnufscturing schedule. several
bills OF minor Importance were taken from the
calendar and passed. and the Senate, after u
brssl executive session, at i've o'clock ad-
nourneo until January g. :, In the House, res
olution was adopted asking the President for
tnfornasiou touching Affairs In Madagascar.
Tho House then, IN committee OF the whole,
took up the NicAraguan Canal bill, considcrA-
1ioa u which was completed, and the bill re.
porsed 70 the House, after which adjournment
lss ne holidays was taken.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
How. JoHN 8. MORGAN died at his resi-
dence In Rochester, N. Y, on the 10th,
aged forty-one years, after an Illness OF
two weeks duration. His wife and two
young children survive him. He was
Judge Of Monroe County, that State.
On the 18th Mayor Hewitt Of New York
vetoed . bill Of $8l8 for funeral expenses
Of the Board Of Aldermen in attending the
funeral Of their late president, George H.
Foster. : I. n
EDWIN BooTu, Lawrence Barrett and
Joseph Jefferson are assisting in the
movement Of American actors against
the importation Of foreign actors TO
America under contract to play in this
country.
0EoRon CROUCH, says the New York
Journal, who was oncc on terms of in
ximacy with Jay Gould, Is about to pub
lish . book ON "Gould and Gouldism,n "
which, the author claims, will make Mr..
Gould wish he had uever been born.
On the 20th Mr.. Hoar presented to the
Senate petition signed by a22s citizens
Of Massachusetts,, praying the adoption OF
. constitutional amendment to prevent the
Interference Of any religious sect with the
system Of public schools.
LoRD SALISBURY, at a meeting at Scar
borough, England, on the 20th, dweltupon
the progress that the Liberal Unionists
were making, and congratulated them.
He also referred to the impossibility Of a
reunion Of Mr.. Gladstone's followers.
Nh. GLADSTONE left London for Italy
greeted by thousands Of his admirers,
who cheercd him enthusiastically. The
channel was rough during the voyage and
. heavy fog prevailed.
Br her will Alice Hastings, the actress,
provides that after the payment OF all her
just debts and expenses the residue OF
her estate shall be given TO her dsa,
friend, Rollin Reed. The will was pro-
bated at New York City on the 10th.
On the Goth, In the British House oi
Commons, Hon. Edward Stanhope, secrc.
tary Of War, denied that the Honorable
Artillery Company's warrant had been
withdrawn.
OK the 10Th the Secretary OF State sen.
20 the Senate certificates of the result of
the vote for presidential electors in YER
mont New Hampshire, Delaware, Con-
necticut, Oregon and Kentucky.
THx Capital FIGURING Mills at Lansing
Mich, wefe destroyed by fire on the night
Of the 10th. The loss will reach $4,000.
On the 21st General Benz. A. Bruce, one
OF the trainers Of the present Constitu
tion OF New York, formerly Inspector
General, Canal Commissioner and mem
Der OF the Assembly, died at his home IL
Canastota, N. ", aged seventy-six years
MAYOR HEWITT of New York declined
public farewell banquet at Delmonico's
rendered by admiring friends TO mark hi
retirement from office.
ON the 10Th Governor Zulick of Arizon
granted another reprieve for sixty days 4
Firimino Papago, the Indian whose exc
cution at Tuscon was fixed for the dat
named.
The President, on the 2lst, pardone'
benjamin Hopkins lin the Ohio Stat
prison for embezzling funds from the HI
dclity National Bank OF Cincinnati) Il
order, as he alleged, that he might spen,
his few remaining days and die among hi
friends at home.
DIR. JAMES 4. REEVES, of Chattanooga
Tenn, a noted expert with the micro
scope, who has been searching for yellow
fever germs in hyers and kidneys takel
from yellow-fever patients, announces
that he has discovered them.
REPRESENTATIVE Democrats OF South
Dakota met at Mitchell, on the 10th, t.
urge upon Congress the early admission
OF the south half Of the Territory to State.
hood, under the Sioux Falls Constitution
Tn. President has recognized Pcdrc
Vicente Mijares as Consgl-General oi
Venezuela at New York.
LEAVE of absense has been granted
Surgeon General Hamilton of the Marin,
Hospital Service for sixty days from Jan
nary !, 1859, which period that officer viii
spend in Chicago.
SENATOR CHANDLER has introduced IL
the Senate bill for the protection of the
elective franchise. Its provisions are sim
ilar to those of the bill introduced in tn,
House BY Representative Howard, of In
llama.
A cABLEGRAN says the latest news from
Stanley, brought by special messenger
sent for the purpose into the interior OF
Africa last October, states that the greai
explorer reached wadelai and met Ernir
ON January 20. He had endured greal
prfystions, but he and his party were wei
and had plenty Of stores.
ON the 23d a man known as Franz
schneider died suddenly az the Metropoli.
tan Hotel in Washington. He Is said to
have been Count Arth, a member of the
herman mobility. He had been at the