River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-03-07
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
FiFEiETH coNeREss.

second Session
WEDNESDAY Feb 27.-The Senate passed
nearly the entire day in discussing the con-
ference report on the bill amending the
Interstate Commerce act The conference
reports on the Agricultural Appropriation
bill and the Sioux City la Bridge bin were
agreed To Two bills for the formation and
admission Of the State Of idaho and NyOm-
ing were favorabiv reported IN the House
the Naturalization bill was reported with n
new section which requires that hereafter
all persons naturalized shall be registered
IN he STATE Department 40 Washington
The Indian Appropriation bill was passed
\ bill was introduced prohibiting any COM
mon carrier from engaging in the mining or
manufacturing business. and any mining or
manufacturing concern from engaging in
business as common carriers
THURSDAY. Feb = The senate cleared
up a lot OF pending legislation by the
passage Of a long list OF bills among them
being the Post Office Appropriation bill
Conference reports on the Army and Forti-
fcations appropriation bills were agreed TO.
and a conference YVES ordered on the Naval
Appropriation bill In the House bills
we're passed for the protection Of Alaska
salmon fisheries and for public build
ing at Kalamazoo Mich. and conference re
ports ON the Sioux City Iowa. Bridge bill
and the bills for the relief of Mexican war
veterans and To divide the Sioux reservation
in Dakota We're agreed 10.
FRIDAY. March The conference report
on the bill To divide a portion of the Sioux
reservation in Dakota into separate reser-
vations was agreed Ia in the Senate; also
the conference report ON inc bill for relief
OF certain volunteer and regular soldiers of
the late war and the war with Mexico. All
Hlnfar Fga~f.
were passed In the House the joint res
OlutiOn was passed TO promote commercial
union with Canada. bill was pa sed for
the sale Of a PORTION OF the Fort Dodge res
eTvation to the State of Kansas for the pur-
pose OF a state Soldiers Home The con
ference report on the bill providing thai
public lands adapted to agricultural pur-
poses shall hereafter be disposed OF only
under the provisions of the Homestead law
was agreed TO. At the evening session thir-
ty-five pension bills were passed
SATURDAY. March 2-IN the Senate the
Indian Appropriation and the Deficiency
bills We're passed 4 message was received
from the President vetoing the Direct Tax
bill and the bill was passed over the veto
hv . vote OF - To . In the House the con
ference report on the Sundry Civil bin was
non concurred in. The report on the Naval
appropriation bill was cOncurred in vt
midnight a recess was taken until two p. IN
on Sunday
MoSDAY. March 4 - In the Senate sew
eral conference reports We're agreed to,
after which resolution of thanks vas ten
dered to John J. Ingalls,. President pro tenn
pore. for the uniformly able. courteous and
impartial manner in which he had presided
over its deliberations. Adjourned sine die
In the House a resolution was adopted
thanking John G. Carlisle the Speaker for
the courtesy, ability and fairness with
which he had presided, and sane de adjourn
ueut followed