The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
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WHEN the Senate met on the 9th Mr.. Ed
nunds offered resolutions In regard to the
death Of General Sheridan which were adopted.
and Mr.. Farwell introduced . bill which was
referred. granting Mira Sheridan pension Of
1900. Later q message was received from the
President announcing the death Of the General,
and after adopting . resolution appointing Q
committee Of seven Senators TO attend the
funeral the Senate adjourned. 100 In the House
the death Of General Sheridan was made known
through message from the President, and Mr..
Hooker. Of Mississippi, offered resolutions and
euiogtsed the deceased. Messrs. McCutcheon,
Of Michigan and Grosvenor. Of Ohio. also de-
livered eulogies. The resolutions were adopted.
. committee Of seven appointed to attend the
funeral and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the It'll the resolution
instructing the Finance Committee to investi-
AFTER passing the bill approprfating $1,000 for
apost-ofnce building at Mammoth Hot Springa
IN Yellowstone Park. the Senate again took up
the Fisheries treaty and Senator Sherman
spoke In opposition. The bill to prevent the
coming of Chinese laborers to the United
States was taken up. and pending considers
fion the Senate adjourned. -. The House spent
The day in considering the bill making On sp-
preparation to enable the departments to par
tfcipate in the Ohio Centennial Exposition to
be held At Columbus In September and Octo
Der. Several amendments were adopted.
among them one by Mr.. Warner appropriating
e40.oo0 to enable the departments to be repre-
sented 1t the Kansas City Exposition Upon
the passage of the bill no quorum voted and
the House adjourned.
The Senate on the eth took up and
passed the Chinese Prohibition bill. also the
bill directing the Secretary of War to file in
his department and issue discharges to the
members OF the Frontier Guards q company
Of Kansans in Washington oraanized by James
b. Lane in 1851. The Fisheries treaty was
then considered until adjournment. The
caused quite q talk in the House and Mr. Spring
er asked for immediate consideration Of the
Trust bill. but II was antagonized by . demand
for the regular order. The House then in Com
mittee Of the Whole took up the Deficiency
bill and debate on the French Spoliation clause
continued until the committee rose. Adjourned.
AFTER the introduction of resolutions
the Senate on the 9th passed several private
bills and then took up the Fisheries treaty.
which was discussed until adjournment. :. In
the House Mr.. Morrow asked unanimous con-
sent to have the Senate bill considered to carry
into eject the Chinese treaty. The bill was
referred to the Foreign Relations Committee
with permission to report at any time. The
Senate resolution was concurred in that DO h
Houses adjourn from Friday to Monday to at
tend the funeral of General Sheridan. The
Deficiency bill was then considered until I'D
journment.
The Senate on the 10th disposed of rou-
tine business and took up the bill to reduce
postage on fourth-class mali matter to one cent
for every three ounces, when Mr. Beck offered
asubstitute making postage on first-class mat
ter one cent per ounce from SOanuary
!. 1882 The bill was laid aside. The
Senate bill to regulate commerce car
RED on by telegraph Was passed without dis
cussion. II IL the bill introduced by Senator
Spooner last January. After an executive ses-
sion the Senate adjourned until Monday In
the House the conference report en- the bill grant
ing aid to State homes for disabled soldiers was
agreed TO and the House went into Committee
OF the Whole on the private calendar and
finally passed number OF private bills At
the evening session thirtv-five pension bills
passed and the House adjourned until Monday.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
GENERAL HOWARD has telegraphed to
the Secretary of War that General Miles,
dispatch to him did not signify premedi-
tated outbreak of any extent on the part
OF the Indians on the San Carlos reserya.
ton.
The bond offerings on the It'll amounted
to 81 So, 900, nearly all of them Az per
cents. None were accepted.
COLONEL LAMONT said recently that he
thought it due to General Black. Commits
sioner of Pensions, to say that there was
no truth in the reports that his resignation
had been requested or that there were any
= ow1~ h-k,.
of the Administration.
SECRETARY Villas has received q tele-
gram from the Sioux Commission an
nouncing that they had postponed further
negotiations for the present with the
Sioux at Standing Rock and were about to
start for another agency. No vote was
taken.
THE heaviest rain and thunder storm of
the season visited Washington on the 9Th |
after day of intense heat Considerable |
damage was done.
The President has approved the act for |
. bridge across the Missouri river and to |
establish post road; the act supplement-
airy to the act of July Is, 1862, entitled, |
IAN act to aid in construction Of railroad |
and telegraph lines from the Missouri river
to the Pacific ocean," and also the act of |
July, 1854, and other acts amendatory to |
said act first named.
The United States authorities have an. |
piled to the Canadian Government for the |
extradition Of Max Hoppe, who was COM |
mitted by Justice Mcleod at Leith Bridge. |
Northwestern Territory, on August 2, for |
the murder Of John Adams, in Montana, |
on the 10th OF May.
TIE executive committee of the Mer- |
chant Tailors' National Exchange ad. |
3ourned at Washington ON the Sth. It was 1
resolved that each exchange keep dead |
beat list of unreliable customers.
The remains OF the late General Sheri. |
dan arrived at Washington on the 9th |
from Nonquitt, Mass. The remains were
met by General Schofield and staff and |
taken to st. Matthew'S Church.
The President on the 9Th vetoed Eve more |
private pension bills.
The President on the 10th vetoed nine
more private pension bills.
THE EAST.
MRS. JOSEPH B. Swift, the noted rebel.
lion hospital nurse, died at Chelsea, Mass.
recently, aged fifty-five years, of cancer
of the stomach.
PLEuRo-PNEUMONIA has broken out
among the fine cattle in Westchester
County, N. Y, and over 200 have been or.
dered slaughtered.
The tenement house at 1O3 Avenue a."
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