Omaha daily bee., 1890-02-22

Lyon, Drs. A. j. Hobcrts and George A.
Smith.
N. N. wells of Schuyler Is at Chamber
lains.
Major Peter G.. vhroom,s Inspector general
Of the department Of the Pistte, aud Messrs.
Herp Jewett, Z. A. Potter and Cal Brown
of Omaha are in the city.
Congressman Laws and George A. Hick-
ock of Nebraska accompanied the congress
sional party to Philadelphia this afternoon
to attend the celebration of the anniversary
of the converting Of the first congress-. They
will return on Sunday evening.
). l.. Caldwell of Lincoln, special agent
for the department of justice, Is here looking
up the Western Union and Pacific telegraph
controversy relating to the ~latter's MAINTAIN
ing an independent telegraph system over
the Pacific railroads.
L. L. Wiley of Omaha is here in consulta-
ton with the fish commission relative to
stocking the streams in the west with trout
and salmon.
Mr.. Wellfet of the town of the same name
in Nebraska, Is in Washington working for
the maintenance OF the present duty on
sugar.
The house committee on public buildings
and grounds today made a favorable report
on the bill which recently passed the senate
appropriating 100000 for a public building
at Sioux City.
A favorable report will be made upon the
bill providing for the disposal OF the Fort
Sedgewick military reservation in Colorado
and Nebraska to actual settlers under the
homestead law.
Secretaries Window and Noble ask con-
gress for $1,000 to defray the expenses of
the opening of the two new land offices at
Pierre and Chamberlain, S. ID. The items
in detail for opening these offices are as fol-
lows: For furniture, safes, advertising and
transcripng records, So, 900; expenses of
special agents and clerks detailed in opening
the above named offices, 81, 800: Office rent at
Pierre, $3.50; office rent at Chamberlain, $3.50;
clerk hire at Chamberlain, $1,000; clerk hire
at Pierre, 81, 900.
Secretary Noble has asked for an appro-
priation of S., 052 for the purpose of survey
ing a portion of the northern boundary of
Nebraska, which has been thrown into the
public domain by tbepres!dent's proclamation
opening the Sioux reservation TO settlement.
A favorable report has been made from
the house committee on public buildings an d
grounds on the bill appropriating sl00, 600
for the purpose of a site aud the construc-
ton of u building at, Cedar Rapids. The
bill was introduced by Mr.. Kerr.
Twelve bids were opened at the treasury
department today for exclusive right to take
fur seals upon the islands of st. Paul and
ST. George, Alaska, for the term OF twenty
| years from May l, 1890.
The senate committee on coast de-
lenses today heard General Miles,
the necessity for providing suitable
| defenses for the Pacific coast. After he re-
tired, the committee ordered the chairman
to report favorably his bill to provide for
fortlhcations and other seacoast defenses.
The bill carries an appropriation of S123,.
600, 00O. The appropriation Is to be expended
in accordance with the recon endation of
board officers appointed by the president.
An additional allowance of 81 so a year
has been added to tte clerk hire for the
Kearney postoffice, making a total of 81, 900 a
year. This Is the second increase within a
few weeks. PERRY S, HEATH.