Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
DOLPH'S INQUIRY.
Fhe Cost of the Recent Dulph Iuvo s-
tigation in Congress Will Be
About 100000.
Fifty-one Days Spent in Trying to
Find Out How Newspaper
Correspondents
Got the Proceedings of Executive
Sessions III the Senate, With
out Success.
A Full Account of the Doings Of the
Dickinson OddfellOws
Oh Saturday.
An Expensive Investigation.

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Jones
of Nevada, chairman of the committee
on contingent expenses, to-day signed
warrants for payment of witness
fees to several correspondents sub
penaed by special committee appointed
to investigate the publication of the pro-
ceedings of the executive sessions of the
senate. Correspondents we're in attend
ance upon committee two days only, but
having been kept under subpoena 81 days
warrants we're made out for the sum of
$153 each. The expenses of the investi-
cation have amounted to about $4,000.
The correspondents hope that MI. Dolph
will institute another investigation imme-
diately and continue it indefinitely.
ANOTHER PENSION BILL.
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator In
gals to-day introduced a bill granting a
pension of Sc a month to all persons who
served in the late war not less than three
month: nor more than one year; to those
serving more than one year and not ex-
ceeding 800 days, $S a month, and those
who served over 800 days n cent per
diem fol each days service. No person
who is worth $4,000 at the time of filing
his application shall be entitled to this
service pension.
INSPECTION OF leafs
Representative Funston, from commit
tee IN agriculture, to-day reported to the
house the senate bill providing for the
inspection of meats for expectation, and
prohibiting the Importation of adulter-
ated articles of food, drink, etc. The
amendment to the bill makes it include
drugs within the provision prohibiting
the importation of articles Of adulterated
food or drink. The accompanying report
says a number of foreign governments,
notably France and Germany, have i'm
posed restrictions which prevent the i'm
portation into those countries of our
pork products upon the allegation that
they contain trichina. While we do not
believe, says the report, that such allega-
lions have any foundation in fact, and
while we can say we have no knowledge,
either directly or indirectly, of the exist
ence of trichina in the pork products of
this country, nevertheless we find that
product resting under the ban of con-
domination. We therefore believe it to
be our duty to use every means IN Jul
power to relieve it of such condemnation
which, when done, will add at least $780,
100000 worth of meats to the exports of
this country.
TO DIsFRANCHIsE THE MoRMONS.
The house committee on territories
to-day, by a vote of Z to 3, authorized a
favorable report on the bill which it has
had under consideration for some time,
to amend the Edmunds-Tucker anti
polvgamy act. It enlaTges the scope OF
the law by DISTINGUISHING adherents OF
the Mormon faith who refuse to take the
prescribed oath.
SIGNING THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY.
Representatives of nine of the Ameri-
can republics to-day signed the formal
treaty of arbitration in Secretary Blaine's
| Office at the department of state, namely.
| the United States, Guatemala, Near
augua, Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia,
Ecuedor, Hayti and the United States of
Brazil. It is expected that three more
| signatures and seals will be added soon
and it is hoped the signatures of all the
powers will be secured in the course of
the summer and autumn. Several of the
ministers remained over at a great incon-
venience to complete their adhesion to
the treaty. Great enthusiasm is felt at
the state department over the rapid
progress of SO important a measure.