Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-29
Epit0me of the Week.
CONGRESSIONAL,

BILLS were reported. in tho Senate
on the Goth from committees for the
4 establishment OF a bureau of animal industry,
and to relieve purchasers and indemnify States
under the Swamp and Overlooked Lands not. A
bill was introduced declaring that any person
convicted OF carnal and unlawful intercourse
with any female under eighteen years shall be
punished by mprison caent for from five to ten
years, and for the second offense during his
natural lite Tho provisions OF the bill are
made applicable to all places within the
jurisd ction OF the United States. -. In tho
House bills were introduced for the protection
OF settlers ON the public lands; for the
apportionment, on the basis OF illlteracy Of
Sl6sOONO 900 among the States and Territories
Tor educational purposes; to amend the home
stead laws so rs to provide that only eighty
acres can be entered instead of one hundred
and sixty acres, and to permit only citizens of
the Ua ted States to enter homesteads; pro-
vlding for the monthly payment of pensions. A
JOINT resolution was introduced proposing q
constitutional amendment extending the Pres
identlal term to eight years.
THE Senate on the 21st made public the fish,
cries treaty. bill was introduced to provide
Tor the establishment Of an experimental grass
and forage plant farm, and for the conducting
OF experiments relating to grass and forage
plants, the farm to be in the vicinity OF the one
hundredth mer ian. -. In the House tho SEN
ate bill to credit and pay to the several States
and Territories all moneys collected under the
direct tax was reported. A resolution to
amend the constitution so as to mako polygamy
unlawful in the United States. and defining the
meonlng Of poly gamy, was reported
THE session OF tho Senate on the 2sd was de-
voted 10 listening to the farewell address OF
George Washington to his army, which was
read by Senator Ingalls,. The House was not
in session.
In the Senate on the Esd bills were reported
from committees to extend the southern and
western boundaries of the State OF Kansas.
and to provide for the compulsory educat on OF
Indian children, not including the FIVE civilized
tribes nor the OSages. Bills were passed to
provide aid for State homes for disabled SOL
diers and sailors, and to extend the laws OF the
United States over certain unorganized terri
tory south OF Kan sas, popularity known as mo
Mans Land" -. In the House s. S. Cox, of
New York was elected Speaker pro tenn. The
sess on was devoted to considering bills for
public buildings at various places
THE Senate adopted resolution on the Gath
requesting the President to inform the Senate
whether the French Government had prohib-
1ted the importation Of American products,
The bill granting pensions to ex-solders and
sailors who are incapacitated from the per-
Torrance OF manual labor and providing for
pensions to dependent relatives of deceased
soldiers and sailors was considered Adjourned
increase the pension for deafness was reported
favorably, also the bill increasing the pension
for total disabilities to $50 per month. The bill
for the admission Of North and South Dakota
as separate States was reported adversely.