Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS.

IN the Senate on the 21st bill passed
| granting the right Of way across the For'
| Hayes CKan.) military reservation to the
Omaha, Fort Dodge & Southern railway. The
| Tariff bill was then further considered
until adjournment. -. In the House joint Ieso
luton was introduced requesting the President
| TO open, negotiations with Mexico for the ces
sion Of Lower California A spirit of flibuster
ing was developed by several members, when
Mr. Warner (Mo) withdrew his motion to Sus
| pend the rules and pass the Oklahoma bill and
moved that final vote be taken on the bill al
| four o'clock Thursday. Khe motion was finally
| adopted. bill was passed authorizing the
| five civilized nations of Indians to lease lands
| within their boundaries for mining purposes,
and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 22d a ludicrous Pc
tition was presented from a number OF dent
| lists asking that a bounty be paid on each
| tooth extracted in order to encourage Ameri-
| can dentists and afford better market Tor
| agricultural products. The Tariff bill was
then taken up and consideration continued.
| The debate finally closed and the
bill passed by 90 ayes to 80 nays, strict party
vote. Adjourned. The House'by vote OF
JOG ayes to 1O9 nays refused to take up the con-
tested election case of Smalls VS.. Elliott and
| went INTO Committee OF the Whole on the
River and Harbor bill When the committee
| rose the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 23d committees
| reported and the concurrent resolution for
counting the electoral vote was taken up ana
passed The bill for the relief OF the state
National Bank of Louisiana caused quite de-
| bate, but finally passed On motion Of Senator
| Frye the Pacific Railroad Funding bill was
given precedence over other special orders. No
| other business OF importance was transacted
before adjournment Immediately after the
reading of the journal the House went into
| Committee of the Whole on the Sundry Civil
| bill, debate on which continued at great length
When the committee rose the House adjourned.
| WHEN the Senate met on the oath mes
sage was received from the House announcing
the sudden death of Representative Burnes, of
Missouri, and the passage of concurrent reso-
luton appointing three Senators and seven
Representatives to attend the funeral. The
resolution was concurred in, and Senators Vest,
| Coke and Cullom Senator Teller afterward
substituted for Cullom) appointed on the COM
mittee, and the Senate adjourned. In the
House Mr. Dockery announced the death OF
Hon. James n. Burnes and offered resolutions
of respects which were adopted, and the House
adjourned. THE committee on the part OF the
House consisted of Representatives Sayers,
Morrill,, Mansur, Wade, Bynum, Stone and
Henderson,
In the Senate on the 25th the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was reported
from the committee by Senator Hale. On mo-
tion of Senator Allison the Senate insisted on
its amendment to the Tariff bill (being the Sen
ate substitute for the House bil) and asked for
conference. A bill passed increasing the max
imum of international money orders from $50 to
500. The Pension Appropriation bill and Mill
tary Academy bill were also passed. The
bill declaring trusts unlawful was then
taken up, considered and orlered printed with
amendments. The bill to provide for the sale
of lands allotted to certain Black Bob Indians,
and the bill to authorize the conveyance of GER
tain absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Kansas
passed. Thirty pension bills passed. Adjourned
until Monday. 80. In the House the Army
Appropriation bill was reported and the House
went into Committee of the Whole on the Sun
dry Civil bill. which was considered until re-
cess. At the evening session twenty-nine PEN
sion bills passed