The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-11
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Bills of Local Interest Presented.
A Number of Them Presented by
Tennessee's Representatives.
Catholics Thank tho President for
the Honor Paid the Pope.
The Deficiency Appropriation Bill
Reported to the House.
Report OF the National Home for Dis
abled Soldiers-Contracts for Mail
Carrying - Postmasters APP
pointed-Notes.

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Special Dispatch to the Appeal
WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-Under the call
Of States, which was resumed, the follow
ing bills Of local interest were introduced
in the House:
BY Mr., Phelan: To amend the postal
laws by extending the free delivery 10 pc
riodicals. Also, 10 amend the postal laws
by placing on the rolls teamsters who were
in active service during the Mexican war.
BY Mr.. Whitthorne: To authorize the
construction Of an arsenal for the manu-.
iacturo Of ordnance stores, at Columbia,
Tenn.
BY Mr.. Houk: To construct n macadam-
izedroad TO the National cemetery at Knox
vile; petition TO refer the claim Of b. II.
Hackney to the court of claims, and bill
for the relief Of Eliza Mcintyre.
by Mr.. Butler To restore TO the pen
sion roll Elay Madraw; 10 pension w. ii.
o'Bren and Margaret Mathcn; for the re.
lief Of Samuel Hicks.
BY Mr.. Phelan: For the relief Of II.
Louis Morat and J. w. jefferson, OF Shelby
county; the heirs of Claiborne Dcl.oach
and of A. $. Davis, postmaster at Sardis,
Miss.
PENSIONS GRANTED YESTERDAY.
Pensions have bcengrantcd az follows
TenneSec-John Chapman, sr., father
OF VIM H. Chapman, Finecastlc. Mexi.
can war-Enwald Rasmussen, College
Grove. original-Zimri Card, Pikesyillc.
Mississippi Mexican warl-Wm. Her
aid, Summit.
Arkansas Mexican war)-Erwin Stan.
fll, Carlisle. Original-John Morris, Mt.
Horne.
TO CALL IT SQUARE.
Representative Breckenridge, of Arkansas,
has introduced bill, by request of Col
Halliburton, agent OF the State Of Arkansas,
10 settle the debt due the United States by
Arkansas. This debt amounts 10 sos, 900,
and Col. Halliburton has figured Il out that
that the United States owes Arkansas on
account Of lands, keeping conyicts, lands
granted for scminarics, public buildings,
etc, and swamp land indemnitios, Just
about an equal amount, aud the bill he
had introduced proposes 10 "call itsquare." I"
gEw rosroFFIcEs.
New postoniccs have been established In
Mississippi NJ Henderson, Wayne county,
with John H. Davis postmaster, and nj
Soabrook, Wayne county, VIM. II. Gra-
ham postmaster.
Hattie A. Knight has filed her bond and
received her commission ~ postmistrcss at
Model, Tenn; !. J. Amonctt hbs been
made acting postmaster at Amonctt, Tenn.
The name Of the posiollico at Clarks
Vile has been changed 10 Whitcwell
FAyoRAnLY REPORTED.
The House committee on banking and
currency ordered favorable report on
Representative wilkins hill to fix the cir
culation oi the national bank notes at the
par value Of the bonds deposited In the
treasury Comptroller Trenholm appeared
before the committee and made long
statement explanatory Of the terms Of and
the necessity for the passage OF the bill
submitted by him 10 the reorganization Of
the national banking system.
PATENTS GRANTED.
Patents have been granted as follows
George w. Brown, McNairy, Tenn.
chicken coop; sAbncr VI. Clcaycr, Petty,
Ark, animal trap, Thomas II. Cobb and
l.. Bowen, Wolf Creek, Ark, mer-
camille boot aud shoe box fix.
turc; Simeon A. Pugh, Dadeyilc,
Ala, horse dciachcr; Chas r. Ro-enthal.
Caicsyillc, Ark, box ior the sale oi goods;
VIM. II. Stcarns, Abbott, Miss, door
check; George II. Williams Nashville,
Tenn, rail joint; Hamilton w. Williams,
Nashville, Tenn, saw swngc.
DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS MT.
The deficiency appropriation bill, rc-
ported 20 the House today, Is one mado
necessary by the failure Of the deficiency
bill Of last year, making appropriations
for deficiencies for 1887 and prior ycaH.
Owing 10 changed conditions, the present
bill omiis and alters their terms In a mum
ber OF items included In last years bill.
The appropriation for printing silver Ger.
ii6catcs and II and - notes IL increased
from $4,000 to siD,s00 10 meet the ex.
pcndturcs during the remainder Of the
fiscal year. The bill appropriatcs, In all,
the sum Of S2,0jl, 1903, while the last bill,
~ agreed upon In conference, carried q
total appropriation Of si,275,023.
NATIONAL soLDirns' HOME.
The annual report Of the board oi man.
ayers 0f the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers was today laid before
the House. The average number Of In
mates present during the last fiscal year
was LIS, On increase In five yeans Of 1850,
or ~ per cent The existing branches arc
now filed 10 their utmost capacity, and In
the opinion of the board only one, or at
most two, Of them should be- further en-
largcd. The report says that u Il bo the
intention Of Congress to care for all dis.
ablod soldiers entitled 10 admission 10 the
home under oxising laws, legislation will
be required either 10 establish additional
branches, materially enlarge existing
branches, encourage the States to establish
State homes, or 10 make appropriations ior
outdoor relief for those soldiers who can
not be admitted 10 existing branches.
Should Congress consider that the
| present accommodations arc sufficient, th,
maximum number Of soldiers who shall re-
coivc the benefits VI the home should b'
fixed by law
TO REPEAL THE SUGAR DUTY.
In the House to-day Mr.. Millikcn, o
Maine, introduced bill 10 repeal all inter
nal revenue taxation and 10 admit, free o
duty, sugar imported from countries wlic'
do not lay nm export duty on such su,ui
This provision IN regard 10 the free lmlUI
taiion Of sugar, Is not 10 apply 10 sugar
imported In vessels other than those o
exporting countries and United States, no
| 10 sugar imported from countries reiusin