Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-02
UNDER THE DOME.
Pension Letters Postage Free-The Re.
bellion Records, Etc.

Senator Mitchell today introduced bill pro-
viding that all letters addressed 10 the Secre-
tary or any assistant secretary of the interior
or to the commissioner or deputy commits
sioner of pensions by any peusioner or appli-
cant for q pension upon matters pertaining e
his pension shall be carried through the mails
free under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Postmaster General and the Sec
rotary Of the Interior
RAILROAD RIGHTS IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
Senator Plumb today introduced q bill grant
ing to the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Rail
way Company power to sell to the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company sllIts
property, rights and franchises IN Oklahoms
and the Indian territory
TIE MILITARY ACADEMY APPROPRIATION.
The conferees on the military academy APP.
preparation bill have agreed npon the terms
Of that measure. The principal money items in
dispute were those providing for the con
structlou OF hospital aud of 4
practice room for the band -S3S.G8
altogether. The Senate struck them out. ba,
the conferees retained them. The total amount
OF the appropriation made by the House Was
S4.9.sS6; by the Senate : iO4, 766. by the con-
ferees S4S5 296.
The conference report was presented In the
Senate this afternoon and agreed to.
TIE Sugar SCHEDULE.
Henry A. Brown of Massachusetts the well.
known sugar expert and political economist
has addressed an open letter to Senator Morrill,
chairman. and TO the members OF the Senat,
finance committee, taking strong grounds
against the House tariff bill sugar schedule.
SIX YEARS TO COMPLETE rHE REBELLION nECoRDS
In n response TO a Senate resolution sent q
the Senate today the Secretary of War say,
that with the present force az his disposal il
will require six years to complete the work OF
compiling, indexing. printing and binding
the official records of the rebellion. additional
appropriations. however, being necessary Tor
printing and binding. There will be 100 vol
umes. Forty-fiye of them have already been
distributed and eleven are printed and are be
ing IndeXed, leaving Ga volumes to be compiled
and printed. To complete the work IN three
years an annual appropriation OF $3.50, 00t
would be necessary. of which $3.50 600 would
be required to defray the expense of printing
and indeXing and $4,000 for clerical and Other
assistance. The eleven books now in type
bring the work down TO 1868.
REPRESENTATIVE CIRCUIT GETTING BETTER.
Gen. Grout, the chairman of the House Dis,
ttict committee, who has been confined 10 his
home for several weeks, made his first appear.
ance at the Capitol this morning. lie il
still extremely weak and only remained
at his committee room for
short time. Strength, however. is gradually
coming back. and 1t is expected that before III,
next District day Mr. Grout VIII be occupy
ing his old place on the floor with his usua
vigor.
SENATOR CALL INDIGNANT.
Mr.. Call, rising TO question of persona
privilege in the Senate today, denounced a
falsehoods the statements in pamphlet pub
lished against him by W D. ChIpley. and copies
of which had been mailed TO Senators.
N MEMoRIlM.
Mr.. Evarts gave notice in the Senate todal
that the observations in respect to the memor,
Of Mr.. Cox of New York would be post
poned from the 18th to the 18th instant, and
that on the 18th instant such observations il
respect to the memory OF Messrs. Wilbur ant
Nutting would be submitted.
DRY CANTEENs.
The conference on the army appropriation
bill was again taken up in the Senate this after
noon and the provision as TO canteens was dis
cussed-the conference report being to th,
effect that no intoxicating drinks should
be supplied in canteens or in traders stores il
states or territories where prohibition legisla
ton exists. Mr.. Allison, who presented tn,
report, spoke in defence of it