The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-13
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
CoN0REsa

TIE Senate on July 2 concurred In the
conference report on the Legislative Appro-
priation bill After the passage OF several res
olutions referring more specially TO local INST
tiers the River and Harbor bill Nas taken up,
and after long discussion the amendment
abolishing the Missouri River Commission WAS
disagreed to, end after several amendments
lad been made the bill passed II sppropriates
ee4,S74ssa Senator Turpie then addressed the
Senate on the Presidents message and tartn
refOsn. ct the close Of which the Senate went
into executive session and then adjourned until
Thursday. In the House Mr.. Anderson, Of
iowa, introduced bill providing for the con-
troll and regulation OF certain railroads. The
bfll is very long and Mr.. Anderson, in order to
sntaeoufse the passage OF the Union Pacific
Funding BILL demanded the reading OF his bill
in full This occupied several hours, when he
offered another long bill and demanded Its read
ing In order TO break the deadlock the House
adjourned.
TIE Senate was not in session on the Sd.
THE conference report on the Post-of1cs
Appropriation bill was presented and non-con-
euFreuce recommended to the Senate amend
ment appropriating GOO, 100 TO provide more
efacient mail service with South and Central
America; also the amendment fixing the rate
Of postage on seeds and bulbs at two cents .
pound. The remainder Of the session was de-
voted to the consideration Of the iron schedule
Of the Tariff bill Adjourned until Thursday.
In the Senate On the 5th the conference
report on the Agricultural Appropriation bill
was presented and Senator Plumb spoke In 70
vor Of adhering to the Senate amendment OF
10000 for continuing the sorghum sugar eXper-
iment. further conference WAS asked on this
item. Senator Plumb also presented ar amend
ment which he proposed 70 oner
% the Sundry Civil bill appro-
priating 5000 for . monument at the
National Cemetery at Mound City, Kan. Ad-
Journed until Monday. In the House, after
Grant Forfeiture bill was taken up and consid-
cred ct length. Many amendments were offered,
but when vote on its passage Was reached no
quorum voted and the House adjourned, leaving
the bill as unfinished business.
The Senate was not in session on the 9th.
I'm the House several conference reports
were presented and the Land-Grant Forfeiture
bill passed by vote Of Ia yeas to nays. The
House then resumed consideration Of the Tariff
bill in Committee of the Whole, and q long talk
was the result. At the evening session twenty
pension bills passed Adjourned.
WASHINGTON NOTES
TEE Commissioner of Patents refused to
grant Q patent to De Banssett for his air
ship on the ground Of its being visionary,
slthough the House Committee on Ventlla-
$3.50, 900 for the inventor to develop his idea.
PosrNAsrER-Gs DICKINSON objects
to the proposed subsidy for carrying mails
to South America He says that It is un-
like the British subsidy system which per-
mits foreign vessels to compete, and that
in view Of the limited American shipping
going to South America, the parties to
whom the money would 60 might - well
Be mentioned by name.
CENTRAL SHERIDAN was reported on the
"a TO have taken relapse. while on board
the Swatara
TEE General has written o
letter to the President formally protesting
aGainst the proposition made by the Civil
Service Commission to extend the classi-
ned service 20 Is to include the railway
postal service.
THs end Of . National sensation was
reached when the celebrated criminal libel
case Of observation-disclosures vi ss
against William WEIGH, WAS discontinued.
The alarming symptoms in the sickness
Of General Sheridan were reported the
next day to have subsided.
ArroRNEY-GENRRAL GARLAND has re-.
turned to his residence in Washington from
. brief visit to the lower Potomac. He 10
improved in health but 10 still too weak to
resume his duties ut the department He
will probably leave in day or two for
Rock Springs, Va
TEE President vetoed another private
pension bill on the 5th, and in doing 30 re-
marked that the abuses perpetrated in pri-
vate pension Legislation were an injustice
to the worthy veterans and . waste Of pub
lie money.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended July numbered for the
United States, 1872; Canada. %; total, 2l4.
compared with 2ol the previous week and
IA the correspondln1 week last wear