Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-22
IMPORTANT MEASURES coSs,n,...
AND ACTED UPON. ~

tutlonel dmendMonL extending the right NJ
port Of the Senate Committee on Woinsn!.
fraSe favoring tho same. The Senate ~!
q substitute for the House bill to remo pst
charge OF desertion from soldiers OF n.
war and OF the Mexican war where such AHA
their term Of enlistment. Tho House w.
the Senate bill providing that public H. r.
available for agricultural purposes, now sns y
to private entry, shall only be disposed ot N.Y. ~
the homestead laws. Amendments y
adopted striking out the provisions exen,,
rspealins the Communication clause Of the h,
stead law, and allowing persons who have Al
doned or relinquished their Homestead es ~
TO make another entry. Tho House paessd
bill granting . pension Of $50 month to
Precipitation bill by the House. The approl
tien Of 100000 for the new military ni7
Denver was stricken ont upon the ausr.J
that the item lie covered In tho sundry chi |
In tho Senate the naval appropriation bill
the fertilization appropriation bill xs,
ported on the sth inst, with amendmsuu
placed on the calendar. The Senate blu
move the bar on the statute OF lin.a,
rs to certain claims or compen.a
for horses and other property loat
the service OF tho United States
reported from the Committee on Mils,,
fairs and placed on the calendar. A resoja
was offered which was referred to the Con-
tee on Contingent EApenses) for the am
ment Of q select committee OF seven on
ton and reclamation Of arid lands to voul
the subject OF irrigation and the best lle1
reclatmins the arid lands Of tho United 81
With leave TO sit during the recess, aud q
ploy clerk At o. 4 day. The
then proceeded to the considers,o5
the House bill to quiet title of settler
the Des Moines river lands in Iowa. After
discussion, and without division or amendtl
ment Of the conferrees on the bill adm
South Dakota and creating the Terrific
North Dakota was made and q new conieI
ordered. A message from the Preside
regard 10 Samoa was laid before the So
together with q message transmitting
Canada OF the Massachusetts fishing
Bridgewater. After passing fifty-two pc
bills the Senate adjourned. In the HI,
motion was made to take up the bill to INC
the pension OF the widow OF the late Gen
Burnett, but the motion failed to receiv
the army appropriat ion bill, which was pi
On motion Of Mr.. Spinola it was agreed to
Gen w. Fl. Hunt, who is now at the po
death The agricultural appropriation wal
considered and passed. after which the
took recess till o'clock. when nun
pension bills were considered.
A RESOLUTION was agreed to in the Sent
the 9th inst. calling on the Commissio
Fish and Fisheries for information as /
salmon fisheries OF Alaska. The House al
ment to the direct-tax refunding bill was
concurred in, and q conference asked.
ctors Sherman Morrill,, and Harris
The fortifcation appropriation bill was
taken up, and an item OF 500 600 was in
for the purchase of movable submarine
does impelled and controlled at will by
from shore stations. The several amend
reported from the Committee on Appropr
Hoar, Cullom, and Cockrell were app
with the presiding officer the Senate Cd
tee on the inauguration ceremonies A
ton was agreed to for the appointment
presiding officer OF tellers on the part
Senate in the counting of the Presidential
The Senate then resumed consideration
Union Pacific refunding bill. In the Rol
Senate bill WAS passed granting right
through the Fort Custer military reserva
Montana to the Big Horn Southern
struction Of bridge across tho Mississippi
at La Crosse; also Senate bill granting
dolph County, Illinois, the title of the
States to certain lands i'll that county
House then went into committee of tl
on the postoftice appropriation bill II
moved to increase the appropriation for
postotfice clerks by $500, 600. Pending
the amendment, the committee rose a
House adjourned.
TIE credentials of Mr.. Coke for HE new
torial term We're presented to the Senate
18th inst, and placed on file. Mr.. Daw(
Bented petition from one hundred and
Indian students ut Hampton, Va,
nf
dams as an encouragement to idIene
Recommending their equivalent in
implements and stock. The petition vs.
ferred. III secret sess on the Senate pa.
following bill to enable the President 10
the interests OF the United States in n
he enacted, etc., that there be aud ls
appropriated out of any money in the y
not otherwise appropriated the sum OF
to enable the President to protect the int
the United States and to p. Divide for the
OF the persons and property of citizens
United States at the lsthmas of Panama
manner as he may deem expedient."
tions confirmed by the Senate: Joseph
enridge, Inspector General; Sidney l..
Pension Agent at Washington; Thomas
derson, Associate Judge of the Sup!em
OF Utah. In the House conference was
was passed authorizing the cons
OF bridge across the Missouri
ut Leavenworth, Kan. The House d
yeas. 13l nays, S9-to consider the Sm
lott election case. Mr.. Crisp, OF Geol
Tended the South Carolina Returning Boa
MIR. Howell. Of Illinois, advocated thee
smalls to the seat. Pending further del
matter went over The Speaker az
Messrs. Caswell, seney, and Oates as con
on the direct tax bill.
AMONG the Senate bills reported tto1
nittee and placed on the calendar in
ate, on the 18th inst, was one to provide
enforcement of the quarantine laws
ulations OF the United States and for
tablisnment Of National Board Of
The following House bills wore
from the calendar and passed: TO
the Court Of Claims to hear determine nt
dor final JUDGMENT upon the claim OF
settlers or Western Cherokee Indian,
5000 to Charles F. Swain, master o.
Philena, OF New York, for going to ano
shipwrecked seamen from an unia
Island near Cape Horn; granting
q Wa,.y way co, to the Pine Fa lsD'
resumed consideration OF the naval u
ton bill. An amendment was adope
priating $50, 600 for testing the Hure,s
then the bill was passed. A bill VIZ w.,
favorably in the house approprisths
for lighthouse and fog sgns,.
easterly end Of the outer breskwsse,
harbor of Chicago. There was ~ ~,
and fog signals, as follows: L lssui
Eleven Foot Shoal, of Point Penan n on
Michigan, at q cost not exceeding S1V V,.n
house and fog signal at Squew II! isA
Michigan to cost not exceeding s:s:n
house at Old Mackiqac Point, Micngissu,
not exceeding s25,o0 for signal ina o, NH
on the end OF the west pier at AshssO"'
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