The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDrNos.

NtaoAutlou as AlOpkEQ lnhLruCLlnH the clerk tn
inform the House that the Senate was in ses-
sion. Messrs. Morrill, and Salisbury were an
pointed members, on the part Of the Senate, Of
q committee to wait on the President with the
Information that Congress was in session, after
which the Senate took recess from 1887 q. m
20 half-past one O'Clock, when the Presidents
message was presented. Phe reading occupied
m hour and twenty minutes Atits conclusion
the message was laid on the table and ordered
printed, and the Senate, at 2:55 D. m. ad-
iourned after notification BY Mr.. Frye that
he would call up the Union Pacific Settlement
bill on the 4th; by Mr.. Chandler that he would
ask for action on his resolution to investigate
the Louisiana election OF April last and by
Dir. Allison, that he would ask the Senate to
proceed with the Tariff bill, and would even
or the discussion became too protractedJ
call It up during the morning hours Of the scs-
sion. In the House. prayer was delivered
by Chaplain Milburn, and the clerk called the
roll, at the conclusion OF which a resolution
was adopted instructIng the clerk 70 inform the
senate that the House was in session. The
Speaker appointed Messrs. Holman, Of In
diana; Turner, of Georgia, and ONeuL OF
Pennsylvania, as a committee to join d similar
committee appointed BY the Senate to wait
upon the President and inform him that Con-
Eress was ready to receive anv communication
he might desire to transmit The House then,
nt half-past twelve o'clock took q recess for an
hour, when the annual message was received
and read by the clerk. When the reading was
completed MT MINIS 0WeFtQ q resolution which
was agreed TO, referring the message TO the
committee Of the whole and providing for its
printing, and the House adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the 4th, various annual re-
ports, including that OF the Secretary of the
Treasury, were presented and appropriately re
ferred Mr. Frye made an unsuccessful at
tempt TO have the Union Pac &c Railroad bill
considered. The Tariff bill was then dazen up,
but its consideration was postponed until the
bth......In the House. the Speaker presented
the annual reports Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury and the Comptroller Of the Currency,
which were referred. Mr. Mcdonald. Of Min
nesota, presented a petition OF citizens Cf
North Dakota for the immediate admission
into the Union OF South Dakota and Montana.
IN the Senate on the 9th, several rosolut. .ons
or inquiry were offered and adopted. The
Senate TCrin bill was taken up, and OF the
various amendments offered "a few were adopt
ed and many were rejected. The Union Pacific
Funding bill received brief consideration The
Tariff bill was then again taken up and after
disposing OF thirty pages Of the bill, the
Senate went into secret session, and at
$3.50 p. m. adjourned. I'm tho House a
number OF bills were introduced and ap-
proprintely referred The bill to adjust
accounts under the Eight Hour law was
brought up and discussed and the bill to quiet
stiles OF settlers upon the Des Moines river
lands in Iowa, was considered and passed, and
the House az $3.50 p. M adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Sherman
the law OF Congress under VIII ch secretaries Of
State arc required 10 forward to both houses
certified copies OF the credentials OF presi-
dCntial electors chosen in their respective
States. Consideration OF the TRrn I'LL was
resumed, eight pages being reviewed. A joint
resolution propos ug a constitutional amend
mcnt extending the presidential term OF ONCE
10 six years was Introduced and laid on the
table ...... In the House, discussion or the Di-
rcct-TaN bill was begun. An effort was made
20 fouphEufv of NO
and peudcncy OF amendments to the bill, but il
proved futile. The District OF Columbia Ap-
preparation bill was reported and referred
THE Senate was not in session on the 9TH. ....
In the House, the Invalid Pension Approprin
tion bill was reported. Majority and minority
reports on the Eliott-Smulls contested. .Clec
ton case was received and placed on the cul
endar The remainder OF the day was taken up
IN committee OF the whole, IN consideration o
tho Senate bill to Incorporate the Ntcaragua
Canal Company. Several amendments to the
bill were adopted. A brief evening session
was held, at the close Of which the House ad
lourncd until the 10Th.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
OK the eth the subcommittee of tn,
House committee on appropriations, hay
ing completed the regular Pension Appro
priation bill, reported it to the full com
mittce. The bill appropriates SSl, 767,5eO
which is 81 200 less than last years ap
propriotiou, the reduction being made in
rent of buildings.
On the 9th President-elect Harrison lef
Indianapolis for parts uudcsignated, for
two days hunt.
GovTRNon JACKSON OF Maryland Sc
lected February 20, 1889, as the date o
hanging the murderer Isaac Keenan,, bu
for obvious reasons, changed il, substi
tutiug instead March /. He consulted al
1888 calendar.
Mr.. A. II. Moss, president of the Mos
National Bank of SNudusky, o., died o.
the 9Th. He was generally known and re
spected among bankers throughout tn
United States, and for many years wa
one of Che most prominent laymen OF tn
Protestant Episcopal Church.
AT Wody Halfa, Egypt, reports hav
been received that the White Pasha is ad
vancing northward.
W II. WHEELoCK, who played with tn
Boston Base Ball club in 1887 and wit
the Worcester club last season, ha
signed with the Detroits.
ON the sth Hugo Fritche, Austrian Con
sui, who had been i'll for some time, wa
I'm n critical condition, and hope OF his re
covery was abandoned.
ALEX. MCPHERSON, formerly genera
book-kceper Of the Merchants Bank @
Buffalo, n. ", has been missing for som
time. his accounts Mtlt AbAAlNA w ~
badly mixed, but he is not thought TO be
defaultcr. His disappearance is said t
be the result Of heavy betting on the pres
idential election and a fondncss for cards
1T is reported that Israel Lucas, eN
treasurer of AuglaizC County o., who he
20 Canada about two years ago with $50,
600 OF the couuty's funds, is dying wit
consumption in Toronto.
IT is reported that the Gear aud Kin
George of Greece have agreed that tn
marriage of Grand Duke Paul OF Russi
and Princess Alexandria of Greece sha
not take place until October next.
OK the 9Th the funeral services over tn
remains Of the late Brevet-Brigadier Gen
cral h. r. Ayres, were held at Fort H0mil
ton, n. Y.
on the 7th Josiah Siblcy, prominer
retired merchant OF Augusta, Me, dice
aged eighty-ouc. He leaves an estat
valued at about half million.
FOLLOWING Is the official count Of tn
vote NJ the late election in Colorado: Han
rison, "a, ,7G6; Cleveland, 37,at2; Prohibi
ton, o,lO0, Labor, t,265. Harrison's plu
rality, 13,154.
on the 9th Representative Burrows, {
Michigan, was formally announced as
candidate for the Spcakership Of th
House.
On the 9th an injunction was issued
the Chanccry Court ot Nashville, foI
bidding Governor Taylor OF Tennessee {
issue a certificate 20 IL. Clay Evans, IN
Republican Congressman elect from Oh
Third district.
on the eth the cotch-as- catch can con
test at Scranton, Pa, between Tom Cor
non and Antonio Pierre, was won by n
latter, who secured two out of three fall
Ii was a splendid exhibition OF srengt
and skill.
CRIMES AID CASUALTIES.
on the 81 one man was killed and eigl
seriously injured by aa explosion iu a
Midland mine, az Denver. Col. Severi
OF the wounded viii die.
u ID. CHAMBERLAIN. the murderer
Ida Wittenberg, committed suicide Ina l.,