Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-14

Paul, Manitoba d Minnesota Railroad Co,
The right of way through the White Earn
reservation of Minnesota; for the dispo
eitiOn of the agricultural lands in the
pipe-tone reservation of Minnesota;
granting to the Yankton d Missouri Val
ley Railroad Co, right of way through
the Yanston reservation of Dakota.
THURSDAY. Feb. 7.
SENATE The conference report on
the bill to incorporate the Maritime
Canal Company, of Nicaragua, was
presented and agreed TO. The bill
now goes TO the president FOR approval.
Mr.. Blair, from the committee on VIC,
man suffrage, reported back fayorabfy
the joint resolution proposing a eonstl-
tutionsl amendment to prohibit the denial
or abridgement o, the right to vote by the
United States or any state on account of
81 :. It was placed on the calendar, and Mr..
Cockrell said a minority report would be
made hereafter. The house amendment TO
the senate bill as TO the cutting of timbe
on Indian lands was concurred in. The
senate then resumed consideration of the
legislative appropriation bill, the pending
question being on Hswley's amendment
to the civil service commission.
HoUsE.- The committee on public
lands reported back the senate bill pro
giding that the public lands of the Unit
ed States, now subject 10 private en-
try or adapted TO, and chiefly valuable for
agriculture, shall be disposed of accord
ing 10 the provisions of the homestead
laws. The amendments adopted
were for striking out the words
which exempt Missouri from the
provisions of the bill, repeating Che
Communication clause of the homestead
Law, and allowing persons who have
abandoned or relinq uished their home
stead entries to make another entry.
The bill was then passed. Mr.. ONeil, of
Penusy lyania called up the bill increas
ing the pension of the widow Of Brigadier
General Emery to $50 per month aud 1t
was passed.
FRIDAY, heb. 8.
SENATE The naval appropriation.
bill and the fortidcation bill were
reported, with amendments, and placed
on the calendar. The senate bill
to remove the bar Of the statue of imi-
tatious a. to certain claims for com pen
bation for horses and other property left
in the service of the United States, was
re ported from the committee on military
affairs. Sen. Edmund5 objected to its
immediate consideration aud it was
placed on the calendar. Sen. Evarts
gave notice that he would, next Monday,
call up the resolution reported from
the committee on privileges and ~elec-
tions relating to the Texas utrages.
The senate then proceeded TO the con
sidtratiol Of The house bill, 10 the quiet
title of the settlers on the D IS Moines
river lands in Iowa. After ronsid
erable discussion, and without divi-
sion or amendment, the bill passed.
/ The conference report on the south
/ Dakota bill was then presented The re
port was that after a full ana free con
ference the committee had failed to
agree. The senate further insisted on
It's disagreement, and the cohferees (Platt,
Cullom and Rutler,) were reappointed.
| The senate then took up the private
pension bills on the calendar, and passed
| fifty two of them, and then adjourned till
tomorrow.
| HOUSE Mr.. Struble, OF Iowa, called
| the bill for increasing the pension of
| Mrs. Ward b. Burnett, bot the house
refused to consider the bill The
house then went INTO committee OF
the whole on the army appropriation
| bill. The pending question was the
| point of order raised by Mr.. Randall
against the clause appropristing $780,
| 600 for the purchase of movable submar
inc torpedoes. After the debate the
chsir sustained the point on the ground
! that the item of torpedoes belonged
to the fertilization bill. The clause
was then stricken out. Mr.. Town
shend, OF Illinois, made Foint of
order against the clause appropri-
ating $500 for the library of the ell
gineers school of application, but it was
oyerruled. On motion of Mr.. Townshend
an amendment was ad pied appropriat-
'rg $4,000 Cor the purchase of guns of
musketry calibre; the committee then re
ported and the bill was passed. The
agricultural appropriation bill was then
taken up and passed, and the house took
recess, ths evening session to be for
the consideration of private pension
bills. The house at its evening session
passed 80 private pension bills and at 10
/ o'eiugk al ipurIgd