Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-07-05

Ia. issued a pamphlet instruction 20 ap-
nlicants Cor pensions under it's provisions,
which may be obtained by writing TO she
Pension Bureau. IL allows pension trom
&c TO ~ per month to all Soldiers who
served ninety days or longer who are now.
| from any cause, unable 20 earn support, /
| also to ali widows of soldiers and 10 de- |
pendent parents.
The President intended to have spent, |
Yesterday with his family at Cape May
but owing to the pressure OF business
be was unable TO get away. he VIII go
Thursday night Al Congress taxes ene osuai
Fourth OF July holiday, and remain Mon
aay. In Wow of the attempts to predict
the date of the adjournment OF Congress
| IL is well to stop a moment and consider
| the condition of the regular annual appro
| priation bills, which must be passed De-
fore adjournment. Oaly two OF them
! | tha Army aud the Military Academy Dill
! h.va become laws. The others stand.
; the Agricultural bill passed the House
c and now in Senate committed; Diploma
] tic hill. passed House and Senate and now
r m conference : District of Columbia bill,
y reported from Conference to Senate; For
3 LITIGATION bill, passed House and senate
@ and ia conference Indian bill passed
}. House and in Senate committees beglsia
4 tive bill. passed House and in conference,
n Naval bill. passed both Houses and IN the
n bands of the President Pension bill,
4 ditto Post Office bill, passed House and
r. Senate and reported from conference u
n the Senate and the conference repor,
adopted River and Harbor bill, passed
House and now 0n Senate calendar WIFI
,e with amendments; Sundry civil bill, pas
RI ed House ami n0y in Senate committee
i General Deficiency bill not completed D,
n | House committee on Appropriations.
ala Senator Chandler has gone to reV
All Hampshire to remain until the FeoerS
| l. I'M
The Senate has pass d the bill to admi
~ Wyoming as a State, and has begun th
-, consideration of the bill admitting Idaho.
III Senator Morrill, called up the tariff bi
70 in the Senate to-day but II rs understood
au that the debate upou it is not to begi
'ns until next week. Opinions olnse
'us to whether the reciprocity amendmer
lse will be adopted bnt the majority seem
Ia think that it will be.
In. The conferess on the silver Jill are Sen
en- tors Sherman Jones and Harris, aud hel
reseotadves Conger, Walker and B'an'
The result will. it is thought, be co
ess promise on the lines of the original Hou
oil bill.
zen The House Judiciary committee has
for ported q substitute for the Senate Oil
We prohibit the importation of liq ior Ia
lest States having laws against it's sale, whi
ent includes all articles of traffic
fed The Blair educational bill. which
OF some Time ago intIou"OoU III eno A
our Representative Cheatham, the color
,erv mem Der from North Carolina, is TO be "a
Iical orably reported to the House by the @
q az mittee on Education. It is not kno
all whether il u i'll be pushed TO vote a. {
and session OF noS, PIopsoy nos' g
-ticu Ssna'or 70 ues
for a new fire proof building for the
ernment Printing Office this year to Il
dav place of the old rookery in which IN
,em- than 200 men and women daily risk q
the lives and break down their health. III
Ition is an available site almost az lolnlng
these present Dut'dtng wnicn can % seq
thew is, il may be out Of the market. The 1
vote er the ground for "A new building is bot
or OF sue more eo""o'ii'0~' !" WI"
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