Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-02-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
c.u,IIsd from varioas Sources
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

-, an. and several amendments were agreed
- Au amendment To strike out Of the para
-. for the construction OF one armored steel
s-s,lss monitor the wor,is ''of the tyne ana
=. !. opustrueted according to plans and spect.
s-.aheus 70 be furnished to the Navy Depart.
=, by Hon John p Thomas, OF Illinois. Ia
!. approved by the Secretary OF the Navy,
,,u.sd some discussion. and the Senate ad-
s,-rued without action on the amendment.
I, n, House . conference on the Direct-T az
~ "a. ordered. Several minor bills wers
,,,.sd and the SmaIIs Elliott contested cleo
,op cAse>ras taken up, psndiag debate on
,sieh the House adjourned
rxthe Senate, on the 1eth. after a brief ex.
.ru,ve session. consideration OF the Naval Ap-
,r,uration bill was resumed. the pending ques-
,na being Mr.. Chardier's amendment to strike
al, The words requiring the new cruising
uonitsr TO be constructed OF the type
,.a snder the plans and specifications Of
NJ raomas. OF Illinois. After some discussion.
n, clsase was 50 amended rs to eliminate
,u reference TO Mr.. Tkomax In the iur-
,s.- DISCUSSION Of the bill, Mr.. Hale predict
a tthst in I've years the United States would
lave the best navy IN the world After further
,,rai amendments the bill WAS passed mo-
,oa ey Mr. Evarts introduced tse discussion Of
a, ouesiion OF election outragcs at the South
.sieh occupied the remainder OF the session
:. he House the principle business was she
.,-derarion Of the Smalis-EiIiott election
-n-t,.t which was unfinished as The hour af
st,osrnment
rxtb. Senate on the 18th. Hr Hale present
a he conference report on the Diplomatic and
esnsuIsr bill. which was agreed TO. At 1850 p,
= me senator's proceeded 10 the hall Of the
pou,e Of Representatives. TO take part in the
csat session to count the electoral vote, and
i,,.r in the day resumed cous deration Of the
y,.hinr,on County CTex-) election outrages,
Nr Eyar.s delivering a Iory speech on the sub
,.rt In the House. after the transaction Of
ON. uuinportznt business, At one o'clock the
,oipt session 10 count the electoral vote Was
,.vun I, lasted until 40 p. M, and at its con-
,sr.ior the House resumed consideration of the
sn.us Elliott eontexted-election case which
.r,r long discussion. resultedtn in the adoption
n ,he majority report seating elliott, the con
tas;se.
Is the Senate, on the 18th. after several mat
,erssf minor importance mad been disposed Of
he resolution In relation to tie election In
Washington County, Tex, was taken up, and
Mr. Coke proceeded to speak in opposition to
The measure, saying that the report of the in
vssrgating committee was unjust, oae- sided
and partisan, and that ths test mony tnas was
damaging had been included in IL, and the ex-
cNpAoty trtUinouJ pttu carefully eIClu1-
ed Without soBclud ng his speech. Mr.. Coke
rsve way for other business. and after . brief
seeret session the Senate adjourned I'm the
House. the Senate amendments 70 the Legisia-
uv Executive and Judicial ApproprfA ton bill
we're non eoncurred in. and Messrs Fcruey,
Randall aad Cannon were appointed conferees.
Tae conference report on she Senate bill for
he admission OF the State OF South Dakota
va called up. The report, vhich reports n To-
tai disagreement, was eoncurred in Mr..
sprager moved that the House insist on fts
suendments, and ask for another conference.
his motion vas agreed to.
Is the Senate on the 18th. . number of bills,
selading several individual pension bills. were
passed-forty-oue Of the latter being enacted
u twelve minutes Consideration of the Texas
seetson outrages resolution was then resumed.
NJ. Coke eoriinu ng his speech in opposition 70
is adoption Tie Speaker aga yielded the
eoor for the introduction of resolutions Of sor-
rcs % the death Of the late Representative
Robertson. OF louisiana In the House
M Mills TEX. from the committee on ways
and means reported back the Mills Tariff bill
with Senate amendments, and BY direction OF
ne Speaker II was referred to the committee of
ne whole. At i2-s5 p. m the special order 70
eoasifer the resolution tastructing the House
cu1ferees on the Territorial bill as to The meth
I Cd hey should pursue IN arriving NJ an agree
nent vas taken up. A night session was held,
SsaeA ihiFty-IhFee pension bills we're passed.
PERsONAL AND POLITICAL.
Or the llth Andrew Carnegie returned
70 Pittsburgh, Pa, from a trip to Bir-
mlngham, Ala He expressed surprise at
me extent Of the iron business in that
city.
os the 18th the liabilities Of VIM.
Drowne Co., wool dealers OF Boston.
seTe stated to be y, 900, and assets SO, 800.
Aeommittee OF creditors was appointed.
iAs senate, In executive session on the
,sn' confirmed the nomination of Hon.
norman J. Colman, OF Missouri, as Secre-
afy Of Agriculture. Thus Missouri. at a
A'e day secures the honor of a represen-
@tion In President CleveIand,s Cabinet.
-Mc TENANT b. II. BUCKINGHAM and
-ieu,enant Aaron Ward, the military and
aa,a attaches Of the American Legation
Berlin, were given an audience by EN-
pe,or William on the 18th.
os me night OF the 18th z. 8. Philbrick.
eu-known citizen OF Brookline, Mass.
aua evil engineer OF National reputa-
linz ' ~ "iu ior orook-
r- failure OF natural gas, Andrew
n S.sie says,is what Pittsburgh has most
w, and not Southern competition.
~ .ne OBJECT Of throwing OF the En-
'A yoke, Dhuleep Singh has sent to In
.,s PROCLAMATION inviting the people to
serioe the sum of f4.OOO. 600.
v;a fERRY BELMONT, the American
sinister at Madrid, who presented his
n. n- on the l4th, was received by
sr,,s,, Svea Regent of Spain. Her Majesty
| n.S.y welcomed Mr.. Belmont who
Pc pa. an appropriate reply.
0o.,.s pksr cLEvELASD's name has been
4, lor membership in the New York
a. oc-aiion. 1t will be voted on at
A. " lung the second Tuesday in March.
ni,,.I Cleveland has already been ad-
~. 20 tne bar Of the State, he has to
n. ~ iaftner steps to render him eligi-
City. ~ 'ne courts OF New York
Yurs.s Consul at Boston. Henry
-, ..at has been removed by Presi.
shih ,s1enovia, ~ n Y, Sidney T. Fair
sr, e venerable father of the Secre-
o. We Treasury, died on the 18th.
h,v. e 18th John l.. Sullivan was tn
c,r sarted from Boston for New Work
his tare .aS a NOT have the money to pay
r., and and could not raise any.
% Be- snission Of Norman ]. Colman
| By IL. p-ary OF Agriculture was signed
resident on the 18th.
.eated - .ry Half-Holiday bill was de-
l4,h br ene pennsylvania Senate on the
Eos " vote of Id to L..
has, aeoa.s.R AHNkR MILLER, of New York.
lie ian 5sS.ns = to Washington special Of
ots,d ,,s 'Ie baltimore American, been
s.crsta--1 1a mas accepted the position OF
elect n. OF Agriculture in PRESIDENT
.narrison's Cabinet
ted in ~ giant, Colonel Routh Goshen.
ssOpsy NV NV York City, on the 18th. of
Wa he weighed about $50 pounds.