Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-28

United States commission Of arbitration "a
railway strikes; one aimed at The dressed
neeI combine. with penalties, and one, bH
ment out Of the colonlzine fund to evefy!
:doit colofed person who may desire to en-
ierate to Africa, $1CO for passage and rationd
Tor sixty days and one-half of tho SANS
amount 20 minors; the passage in al NOT ii
exceed 100000 per annum.
UNION PACIFIC LAND PATENTS.
senator Plumb offered resolution (Which
the interior for statement of the cause of
withholding patents for lands within thG
limit OF the Union Pacific land grant which
are free from all claims and were mot res
served at the date of the definite location u
the road.
On motion OF Mr.. Hale the senate bull -
amend the census act by making the maxi
mum pay of supervisors q, OOO instead oe
$500 was taken up.
MI: Hale made further explanation Of
the bill, in the course of which he promised
that the eleventh census would not be a.
loved 70 drag along Is the tenth had done..
MI. ingalls, remarked that the country
would be glad to hear from the chairman Of
the census committee that the next census
was not to be repetition of the last. The
tenth census had been provided for in 1873
and now at the close of 1889 all the volumes
OF that census were not published The
tenth census had been VIGOROUSLY inacu-
rate. 1t was combined with an erroneous
mass o. matter that should have been ex.
cluGed.
THE FIEsr APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. McComas, from the house COMMITTEES
on appropriations, reported the District Of
recommitted. This is the first time in the
history of the house VIII N at the tirst rego-
lar session q general appropriation bill has
been reported before the holidays.
COMMITTEES COMPLETED.
The speaker then announced the stand
ing and select committees of the house.
The speaker also announced the appoint
ment of Messrs. Mason, Cogswell, Shrubh.
Turner of Georgia and Wilson of West
virginia, as the committee to investigates
the ballot box forgerles under the Butter
worth resolut on.
The chalrmen of the several committees
named are:
Judiciary-Ezra B. Taylor of Ohio.
Banking and currency-Dorsey, of Ne
braska.
Coinage, weights and measures-Conger,
of Iowa.
Commerce aker, of New York.
Rivers and harbors -Headerson, of ILL
nois.
Observation-Disclosures of Kansas.
Military a.aIrs -Cutcheon, of Mississippi
Naual atfairs-Boutelle, of Maine.
Public laudS-PaySOn, of illinois.
Indian affairs Perkins, Of Kansas.
Territories trIb BILE, of Iowa.
Railways and canals -McCormick, OF
Pennsyl5 ania.
Mines and mining Carte. of Montana.
Public buildings and grounds-Milliken,
of Maine.
Pacific railroads -Dalzell, of Pennsyl-
yania.
Levees and improvements of the Missis-
sippi river urrows, of Michigan.
Iabor-Wade, of Missouri.
Militia-Henderson of Iowa.
Invalid pensions Morrill,. of Kansas.
Pensions-Delano of New York.
War claims of Wisconsin.
Alcoholic liquor traffic.. ID. Taylor, OF
Ohio.
Irrigation and ard lands-VanDever,o Of
California.
KANSAS MEMS POSITIONS.
In the distribution of the members of tho
house among the different omm;ttees tho
Kansas members were assigned as follows:
Funston-Chairman of the committee on
agriculture and member of committee ON
private land claims.
Perkins-Chairman of the com nIttee ON
Indian affairs and member of the commit
tees on. territories and Indian depredations.
Keliy-Militia.
Peters-Patents and appropriations.
Morrlll-Ci arman of the committee on
invalid pensions and member OF the COM
mlttee on banking and currency.
ner-Public lanas and ventilation and
acoustics.
Anderson-Alcohol,c liquor traffic.