Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-11
NEWS SUMMARY.
CONGRESSIONAL.

ton authorizing Nhe secretary Of war TO adj
NIT for instruction at tho military academy
at West Point, Henry Lecomte Of Switzer
land (no expense to be caused to the Unit
ed States thereby was reported from the
oommittee on military affairs and passed.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Call instruct
ing the committee on epidemic diseases to
consider and report before the adjourn.
ment OF this session additional legislation
To- prevent the importation Of contagious or
infectious diseases from foreign countries
on the coasts and boundaries OF the United
States was taken up and after being dis
cussed was referred 70 the committee on
epidemic diseases. The conference report
on tho deficiency bill was agreed 10. The
conference report on the Joint resolution in
aid Of the sufferers from yellow fever was
presented and agreed TO after some explain
alton by Mr. Edmunds. The house bill
authorizing the president TO appoint A. j.
Smith, late colonel OF the Seventh United
States cavalry, and place him on the retir
ed list with the rank of colonel was report
ed and placed on tho calendar. Mr.. Jones
Of Nevada, offered resolution, which was
referred to tho committee on foreign rela-
lions, requesting the president TO negotiate
,reaties with the government Of her Brit
/ lnnic majesty and with the republic of
Mexico, respectively, for the exclusion Of
Chinese laborers from the North American
/ continent and for the prevention OF their
entrance into the United States from the
territory Of either such governments or
/ from dependencies thereof. A resolution
/ was adopted authorizing Mr.. Hale's com
! mittee on civil service reform to continue
| its sessions during the recess Adjourned.
HoUsE-The senate bill 10 allow persons
/ who have abandoned or relinquished their
| homestead entries TO make other entries,
came up, and after amendments providing
! that whenever il shall be made TO appear
| TO the register of any land Office that any
settler on the public domain is unable, by
| reason Of drouth or other unavoidable cas-
ualty, 70 secure support Tor himself, the
register may grant such settler leave OF
absence from the claim for "a period not eX-
! ceeding one year; providing that all public
| lands designated as double minimum pre-
cmption lands shall be reduced TO the uni
! form rate Of Sl.25 per acre, and providing
that any homestead settler who has entered
| less than oue-quarter section may enter adj
ditional lands contiguous 20 the original
entry with which such entry shall not ex-
coed 100 acres. The bill was passed. Mr.
Burns Of Missouri presented the conference
report upon the joint resolution in aid of
the yellow fever sufferers As agreed TO
in conference the resolution appropriates
! 800, 600 TO be expended under the direc-
! ton of the president, whenever in his opin-
/ ion such expenditures will tend TO the Grad
| ication of the epidemic OF yellow fever now
existing in the United States or prevent its
| spread from state to state. The report was
| agreed 10.
Der. 3, SRNATE.- Mr. Allison reported a
substitute for the Mills tariff bill, which
was placed on the calendar and ordered 10
be printed. Mr.. COckrell read the Jay
| Hubbcll circular of 1882 calling on govern
ment employees to contribute TO the repub-
lican campaign fund; quoted Levi p. Nor
toms letter 10 Dorsey, stating that he had
contributed $4,000 He said he read these
! letters TO show the depth of degradation to
which the civil service of the government
| had been brought under republican admin
| stration in 1892. 1t could never sink into
lower depths than il sank then. After
remarks by Messrs. Hale, Chandler and
Eawley the matter went over until to.
morrow The house bill for the relief OF
the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, with
TN amendment in the nature Of a subeti-
tute, Was taken up, discussed and laid
lside until tomorrow, and the senate at
| 6:35 adjourned.
HoUsE.-After the passage of several un-
/ important bills MIR. BurneS OF Missouri,
presented the conference report on the
deficiency bill, but the house adjourned
without taking action on il.
OCTOBER 4, SENATE. The adoption OF
: the Hale resolution in the Benet circular,
/ the passage of the fourth-class postmaster
bill and the presentation Of the reports on
the tariff bill were the events in the senate
/ to-day.
HoUsB.-The senate bill was passed pro-
viding that the secretary Of the treasury
may permit the use Of petroleum rs fuel on
steamers not carrying passengers without
the certificate of the supervising inspector
Of the district where the vessels are TO be
used. Mr.. Burns Of Missouri then called
up the conference report on the general de-
fciency appropriation bill. The amend
ment appropriating $4,000 for the indus
trial home association Of Utah gave rise TO
a long polieical discussion. The conference
report was then rejected in order to enable
the conference committee TO change the
language providing for an investigation OF
the Washington aqueduct matter so as to
enlarge the scope of the inquiry. Adjourned.
GENERAL.
Postmaster General Dickinson, assisted