Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-29
House,

WASHINGTON, March l5.-Mr. Brechin.
ridge, OF Arkansas, offered aa fssolpttaI
nation regarding the fscili.irs at com
mand to guard the l-vces of the Missis
sippi and othe. works, and if there is
reason 70 ~apprehend unusual danger "a
human life, etc. Adopted.
"A senate amendment was concurred in
TO the house bill authorizing the contruc.
ton of n bridge across the Missouri river
at Pierre, =. ID,
Public business being suspended, the
house pre- seeded to psS it's last ribute of
respect IN the memory Of Judge Kelley, of
Pennsylvania.
Messrs. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania; Hol.
man, Banks, Mills, Mckinley, Bingham.
Laws of West Virginia, Cannon, McKenna'
Kerr, Of Iowa, and others made eulogistic
addresses, and then, as a mark of respect
to the memory of the decersed, the house
adj journed,
WAsHiSGfoS, March 1.-THE senate bill
~ss pasaed, with an amendment striking
out the appropriation clause, increasing
from $780, OO to $500, 900 the limit OF tho
cost of a public builping at Sacramento,
Cal.
A Joint resolution was passed calling on
the secretary of war for a report AS to the
practtcability and approximate cost of tun-
neling the Detroit river at or near Detroit,
Mich.
Under suspension Of the rules the follow
ing bills and resolutions passed Joint res
olution requesting the president to invite
the king of the Hawaiian islands to selec
delegates to represent his kingdom in the
Pan-American congress-; the bill to trans
Ter the revenue cutter service from the
treasury department to the navy depart
ment; the bill creating the Offices Of Ms.
s,stant general superintendent and chief
clerk OF the railw ay service.
WAsHiNGToN, March 1S.-A protest from
the president of the Colored Industrial
Fair association, of Arkansas, against the
proposition to tax cotton seed oil was IRE.
sented and referred.
Mr. Conger, Of Iowa, presented a resolu-
ton OF the Iowa general assembly in favor
OF requiring the producers of compound
lard TO label their articles. Referred.
A bill was passed authorizing afidavits
and dispositions under the public land laws
10 be made before the commissioners of
the United States courts or before the
clerk of the court Of record in which the
land is situated.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the pension appropriation
bill, which was debated till adjournment.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-In the house
today the Maryland contested election
case of Mudd against Compton was
called up.
~ lacey, VI Iowa, opened the discus
sion with an argument. In support of the
claims of the contestant.
Messrs. Dalzell and Greenhalge adyo-
Gated the case of the contestant, and the
case of the seated membe was upheld by
Messrs. Moore and Gibson.
Pending a vote The house adjourned.
WAsmSoToS, March 2O.-Mr. Hender.
son, OF Iowa, presented a resolution os the
general assembly Of Iowa urging ~leyisla.
tlOn ARainaf the ahnltart,,r - - "
fsrred.
On motion OF Mr.. Gear. of Town, the SEN
ate bill passed with an strik-
ing out the appropriation clause) for a
public building ut Burlington, Ia, at a
limit Of cost Of $l0J,0 600.
The house then resumed consideration of
the Mudd-Compton contested election case
and Mudd was seated.
Mr.. Morrow, Of California, moved that
the house go into committee of the whole.
Tor further consideration Of the pension
appropriation bill, pending which Mr..
Hooker, Of Mississippi, moved an ad %journ.
ment. Lost.
Mr.. Morrow's motion was then agreed to.
The committee Immediately rose and the
house ad journed.
WASHINGTON, March 81 The house went
INTO committee Of the whole on the pension
appropriation bill. Mr.. Cheadle, Of Indi.
spoke at length favoring the bill.
After a prolonged debate the committee
rose and the bill passed.
The bill for the retirement of General
Fremont, with the rank Of major-general,
passed.
The bill passed appropristing e25,t0) to
500 tents for the use Of people driven
rom their homes by the floods In Arkan.
Mississippi and Louisiana.
The house then took o recess, the evening
sssion to be for the consideration Of pri-
pension bills.
AT the evening session the house passed
Iftesn private pension bills md adjourned