Wichita eagle., 1888-01-12
WASHINGTON NOTES.
A BILL TO INCREASE INVALID PEN
SI0NS.
Suit Entered by the Government
Against the State OF Iowa to Re-
cover $4,000 Acres of Land.
The Land in Question Granted to a Rail
road Company Who Did Not
Earn Ii.
Representatives of Wool Growers, Dealers
and Manufacturers Meet to Discuss
Revision Of Wool Tariff.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.-Senator Mandef
son today introduced a bill to increase al
invalid pensions to IS per month. A state
ment accompanying the bill says that II
will increase the pensions of l463s3persons
now carried on the rolls, and will increase
the annual pension payments by So, s33, 352
The adjournment of the senate today
without an executive session was due tC
the determination of some senators to in
sist upon the consideration of Mr.. Lamar's
nomination in advance of those of MessrS.
Villas and Dickinson. and the consequent
prospect of a somewhat prolonged contest,
which they were not ANXIOUS to enter upon
so late in the afternoon.
Acting Secretary Muldrow has instructed
that suit be entered by the United States
against the state of Iowa for the recovery
of 81. 800 acres of land in O'Brien county,
said to have been wrongfully patented &c
the state under a grant for the benefit OF
the Sioux Citv & St Paul Railroad com
panv. approved May ID, 1864 1t is claimed
by the department that the land specified
was never earned by the railroad company
under the granting act.
About forty delegates representing the
National Association OF Wool growers,
. Wool Manufacturers and Wool Dealers,
met IN conference mere totldy lDf tnc SldiStt
purpose of agreeing upon a mutually sat
isfactory revision of the tariff on wOoIens
and wool substitutes. The conference was
called in pursuance of a resolution adopt
ed at the St Louis Manufacturers conven-
ton last May, which directed the president
of the National wool Growers association
to issue call to the three national associa-
lions representing the wool i'll
dustry TO send delegates to Joint
conference in Washington. The
conference is composed of leading men of
eye-y branch of the wool industry, who
represent in theie private business not less
than S100.000000 The statement is made
that the delegates have been purposely Sc
lected from both of the great political par
ties. and represent the extreme and con
servatiye views of both free traders and
projections. A permanent organization of
the conference was effected. President
Geo. l.. Converse, of Ohio: first vice-presi-
dent, L. II. Ammidown, Utica. \. T.; vice
presidents, John Mcdowell. Theo Justice,
A. +. w Cowden. F. ID. Wright, A. c.
Miller, John Phillips and W. q. Benedict;
secretary, H. l.. James: assistant secretary,
William Battcson. BY Il resolution
adopted early in today's session the pro-
ceedingS of the conference will not be
made public except by direction of the
whole conference.
A dispatch was received at the depart
ment OF state touaN, announcing the death
of Richard NJ. Conway, United States con-
sui at Portsmouth, Ont, which occurred
at that place this morning.
1t is understood that the house COM
mittee on military affairs was ready to re-
port todar the resolution of Representative
Boutelle, OF Maine, calling upon the score
tary of war for information with reference
to the proposed surrender of battle flags.
Owing, however. to Mr.. Boutelle' s
temporary absence from the house,
the report was withheld Mr. Bou-
telle said in an interview tonight that he
understood the resolution would be re
ported favorably tomorrow without
material change. The only amendment of
Importance is one which makes the resolu-
tion include cases where flags of union
troops recaptured from the confederates
have been returned to regiments in loyal
states. This, Mr.. Boutelle said, did
not seem to him to have any bear
ing upon the return of the flags to
defunct organizations of the confederacy
Upon being asked whether it is true that
the flags were removed from the ordnance
museum before the present administration
come into power. Mr.. Boutelle replied
that he understood such to be the case.
and that a mere change in the location of
the flags was poor excuse for attempting
to send these sacred relics south.