The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10
F1FTIETH CONGRESS


First sessson.
. wAsnrNoror, April 0-ssrArp. = House
0ills were reported for public buildings at
Ashevillc, N. c.; sedaiia No., and Monroe.
Ia. Also Senate BIN 70 M salaries Of Judges
q. 9. District Courts at 5000. Also TO increase
appropriation for public building 1t whining
ton Del. Also House bill for the purchase Of
additional ground - Indisnapolia Appropri.
stins $4,000 for public building q Duluth,
Nina. and Senate bills for the erection Of pub
No buildings st Atchison, Kas., 100000: Elm
poria, Kas., o150,0OO; wsterbury, o., e1s0,Oo0;
Paterson, N. J., el5,00o; Fort Dodge, H., o7S..
900. and Dover. N. H., 0b,00O. A bill was intro
duoed BY Stewart, Of Nevada, to require the
purchase and coinage Of four mil
lion dollars Of silver bullion per
month. A resolution was adopted
calling upon the Secretary Of the Interior for
appointments in his department below the
civil service grade since March, 1885, Bills were
passed for public buildings at Youngstown, o.,
100000; Akron, O.. xS,000 and Lancaster, Pa,
100000 The unesrned land grant forfeiture
bill was taken up and discussed. The interna-
tional copyright bill then came up, Mr.. Beck
opposing and Mr.. Vest replying. Az p. m.
NE Senate adjourned.
: HoUsn-The cali Of the states was dispensed
with, and members nled their bills at the
clerks desk. The tariff debate WAS resumed,
Mr.. Grosvenor speaking Nj. Rayner, Of Mary
sher ws6s rr.rs-ca s,,.scn.s' s. "a q N ~
House sdjourned. y : =
WAsAMOr0N, May i.-eHNATn- n-Bfl intro.
duced: Appropristing 10000 for the preven.
tion. and extirpation Of yellow fever in the
United States. Referred. The resolution cali.
ing on the Secretary Of the Treasury for state
.~ olr ~ sns smount oa shvor Dulnon onofoo 70
s.0 |vveflmons sscn month s'nce tno passage
'no svor coinage scs Oh i0'S etc..
y" as csnea up ana passed. senator
1nsalls oenvereo MS promised speecn' ana 10
oay saw strange scene In the U. B. senate.
An sne mioss OF the greatest tnrong ever gain
ered IN tnas cnamoer Famous senator on the
one sioe stooo ano Win face wnite ana tremo-
1ing WIN rage, ana nsts snaken ~ tne owner side
yeheo as tne TOP OF MS voice 70 anotner famous
senator: fou are . har. ahar, ana go past
you 70 the scounorei ana SKUNK ocnmd you.
VINO - also IN INFAMOUS harr TINS nwnat
was heard on the moor OF tine Senate when Dan
lei Voorhees, driven TO desperation by the
woros OF tne conator from Kansas MT. Anssiiss
ioss ali control Of himself:
housh-Tne senate Dill was passed granting
angnt OF way through the Indian Territory 70
tne Kansas City ana Pacthc Railroad Company.
The House then went into committee OF the
WHOLE Mr. Springer GILL; in the chair, on the
tariff BILL and was addressed by Mr. McCreary
NyD
WASHINGTON, May ya.-sENArH.-An adverse
report WAS made on the bill to repeal the stat
ute allowing pensions 70 Judges in certain
cases. An executive session was held, during
which the Chinese treaty was reported and the
nomination Of Melville Fuller a. Chief Justice,
with others, was referred, Bills were passed
appropriating 10000 for the enlargement of the
post-ofice building at Indisnspolis; appropri.
ating 5000 for public building at AtchisoI,,
Kas., and increasing the limit for q public
building at wilmington, Del The railroad
land-grant forfeiture bill was taken
up and considered until d M,
when the pleuro. pneumonia bill was consid.
cred. number Of private bills were passed
and Q bill TO amend the inter. State commerce
law, Public building bills were passed for
Asheville, N, g.. 100000; Woonsocket r. l.,
e7S,0Oo; Fl Dodge, H., 100000 Sterling, nj,
60, 600; Duluth, Minn., $50 900, and Dover, N.
H.. $4,000. At $40 n. m. the Senate nd.
3ourned,
Housr. hills vere passed be.
fore the tari1 bill va taken mn Speechea
were made By Wilson, Minnesota; NcComss,
Maryland: Lsnhau. Texas: Allen, Msssachu.
setts; Caruth, Kentucky, At 3 30 D. m. q recess
vas taken until eight O'Clock. the evening ses.
sion being for the confederation Of the tarin
debate.
WASHINGTON, May ys.-ssrArn.-Amon bills
reported and placed on the calendar (unless 9th.
orvisa notadl we're the folIovinr: Tha Houss
bin aushorisins the President to Or retire Alfred
pleasonton With the rank Of Colonel. The House
bin for the promotion Of army ofacers after
twenty years. continuous service in one grade
(sminority dissenting) The Senate bill grant
ing 70 the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company the right Of way through the Nel
Perces Indian reservation. Mr.. Stewart intro
duced bill to execute the stipulations of the
new Chinese treaty. Referred. 1t absolutely
prohibits, after ninety days from its passage
the entry Of Chinese lsborers, or labors oil
Chinese descent, wherever they may
have been born, excepting only such
- were, at the date Of the treaty, OF
shall be ninety days after the passage Of the
act, In the United States, who may leave thu
country, having right to return In pursuance
OF the terms OF the treaty, and such other Chi
nese laborers - may enter the country fol
transit acroso the United States. After short
executive session the Senate adjourned until
Monday.
HOusA-The eenate increase from s1e0 900 u
agreed to. Asenate bill authorizing the ad
mission Of cadet 70 West Point from Mica
rsgua was passed The conferences report on
tne acoepsanoe OF the trencn invitation wa
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IL "nS ncKtrns- Ak "a .aHr ~. uo.,.o Icy as
journsd. - --' - -
wAsu,roror. navl-s-rAu-No+ IN a..
HousR-The California contested election
case OF Lynch ". vandever ives reported from
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