The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-25
TOPICS.
The NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIrTy-FlRsr CONGRESS.

II the senate. on shs nth. ine blll 20 e.
tnDll.h a Cnited states land court and a.
rruxltr fof the establishments ~ private
lanl CLAIMS "a New N,xlcu. Myunfirg. Ati-
xnna, ltaa. Nevada AMI Colorado such
cnim- being ~ virtue NJ spanish and Next
eau grAnt~-~a> discussed until two o'clock.
~Acn tMc sEipflag bills. ahici svrr IA orr
ar ~ untsnishcd hns sss. we're ssAva ~
and nssupisd the a usautr'rs me DAY
N tns House the biil ryln< fi~nt ~ way
across the Mile Lac~ lsAian Reservation 80
the Little Fails. Mile Lies < Lake superior
Railroad Company. was passed. fAc Con
ference report ON the silver Dill MAS PRE-
scntch Al svrnins scs-iun was held at
which only private l'caslon bills were con-
sidered.
n the senate on IA 18th. consideration q
the shipping bills MAS reSunvd. aud aisct
debate the Merchant Marine Subsidy pAi
was amended AMI passed; Yeas, -; nays
is The Postal subsidy BIN was then passed
Yeas. -. nays. 10. The rarsn bni was made
tue unfinished business. and after A short
secret session the Senate adjourned In
the House Z memorial Of the state Confer
encc Of Congregation Churches 81 Maine for
the passage 81 the ..OfiginA-Iatkageal bill
was presented. The conference rcpor on
tile silver bin was taken up and aftor cx-
tended debAte was agreed 10 BY a strict
party vote-yess III. nays so-and the bill
Was ready for the Presidents signature
~ the senate. on the isth. after prciimi.
nary and unimpoftant matters had been At
tended ~. consideration % the >undry CNN
Appropriations bill was proceeded with.
and a number " amendments were agreed
o.. The bill then went over. and loon after
Tue senate adjourned 4. In the House. 10
committee 81 .hc whole on District ~ co
lumbia matters. the Atchison Railroad biz.
I.Iuw DnHnf a4u.IIrff,u
that the bill be reported TO the House with
the recommendation tina. Il be
10 the IN on District OF Columbia.
with Instructions TO report back a sGbsti-
tute providing that befs-e the LIST Of Janu.
AIRY. 1894, the railroad company shall remove
IL present station srom SIXTH and Il streets
20 the intersection OF Virginia and Maryland
avenues, which action was taken.
IN the senate on tic 18TH. the bill grant
INK land 10 the state OF Washington for a
soldiers home was passed Almost the
whole afternoon was spent In the discus
sion of the proposed amendment 10 the
undry civil Appropriations bill iucrcas
ing the appropriation for irrigation surveys
from $4,000 70 <0l.011. but without action
In the House the entire day was taken
up in the discussion OF a bill appropriatins
$685. se for an additional force Of 81 clerks
in the pension Office
IN the senate. on the lntn, AFTER the trans
action 81 some routine business. the mont
nations Of the fye general appraisers whose
names were sent in some days ago were Goa
frmed In executive session Consideration
OF the sundry Civil Appropriations bill Was
then resumed. and after a long debate over
a proposed amendment Increasing the ap,
for Topographic surveys and
repeating the lrrigaDle Lands Reservoir Law
Of June. ISIS. the senate. without action. al.
journed In the House the Land Grant
bill was discussed and laid aside
without action 10 consider a conference re-
port on a Western river bridge Jill. but
lack Of a quorum anu a call Of the House
occupied the time until adjournment.