The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-05-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Nnit
CONGRESSIONAL.

IN the Senate on the % the House bill Ia
prohibit the making of books or pools on trot
tng or running races foot racing or base
Dal in the District OF Columbia waa
passed; also the House bill for the sale OF
certain New York indian lands In Kansas The
international Copyright bill was then discussed
until adjournment. The House passed
the Dill giving pension of s15 per month to the
widow OF Central Ricketts,. Under the call OF
States bills and resolutions were introduced
Inc uaiance OF the day was given to the con
sideration OF the River and Harbor bill in Com
mittee OF the Whole.
AFTER clearing away some uhitnportant
business ON the 4th the Senate resumed con.
sideratibr of the international Copyright bill;
which, after debate, was laid bver After the
passage Of several bills OF private and local
nature and an executive session the Senate ad
journed In the House the Committee on
Elections reported on the Frank Glover contest
from ST. Louis in favor OF Mr.. Glover. The
House then, in Committee Of the Whole, re
sumed consideration of the Tariff bill. Mr.
McMillin, of Tennessee, spoke IN favor and Mr.
BRrows, OF Michigan, against the bill When
the committee rose the House adjourned.
IN the Sehate on the 25th IL resolution
was adopted calling for copies of the reports OF
Special Agents BeeCher and Tinglc as to the
alleged smuggling of opium from.J}rtish Colum
Did nc mOllOn 10 refer JHe GTtSluenl
message was then taken up and Mr. Noor
hces addressed the Senate at length. AZ
the close OF his address the conference
report on the joint resolution for a conference
of the American nations was nOn-Concurred in
and new conference ordered. ...A AS soon as the
House met it went into Committee of the
Whole on the Tariff bill, and was addressed by
Messrs. Bynum, OF Indiana and Docliery. OF
Missouri, in support of the measure. night
session was held and the debate on the bill con
tinued.
AT the conclusion of the morning hour in
the Senate on the Goth Mr. Ingalls, took the flool
and gave notice that on Tuesdry he would reply
to some remarks of Senator Vorhees in his
speech of the day before. The conference re
port on the joint resolution to take part in the
international exposition at Paris in 1889 was
agl eed to- The Senate then resumed consider
alton of the Railroad Land Forfeiture bill
which was finally laid aside, and
bills passed granting the right of way tC
the Kansas City & Pacific railroad through the
Indian Territory appropriating S100,0O0 add
tional to the public building at Vic ita, Kan,
and granting the Kansas Valley railroad the
right of way through the Fort Riley reservation
Adjourned until Monday ... In the House the
Senate bill passed for the relief of the Omaha
tribe OF Indians in Nebraska and to extend the
time of payment to purchasers of lands from
the Indians. The remainder OF the day was
given to debate on the Tariff bill.
TIE Senate was not in session on tho 21l h
-. Soon after the House met debate on the
Tariff bill was resumed and continued into
the evening session, at which seventeen pension
bills passed