The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-03-20
GOVERNMENT FOR OKLAHOMA.


The Tract Formed Into a Territory
Public Land Strip Included and De-
clared Open.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-The house
amended the Oklahoma bill by establish
ing land ofiJe in No Mans land and
prohibiting the sale of liquors in
the territory till after the adjourn
ment of the first legislature.
The bill was then passed, yeas
1U0, nays IS. 1t is a substitute for
the senate bill on the same subject
The bill contains provisions which, in
substance fix the boundaries of the new
territory so as to include the Cherokee
outlet with q proviso that no lands to
which the Indians occupy under treaty
or law shall be included without their
consent, except for judicial purposes.
They extend over the new territory the
constitution and laws of the United
States and the code of Nebraska without
interference with the local Indian gov
ernments. It also provides for the cleo
ton of legislative assembly. Provision
is made for the establishment of su-
prcme and district courts. The Cherokee
outlet is declared to be public land and
open to settlement under the homestead
laws.
WASHINGTON. March 15.-Mr. Perkins,
of Kansas stated that an erroneous i'm
preston had gone out that the Cherokee
outlet had been declared opened to set
Element under the provisions of the
Oklahoma bill as passed. The statement
should have been that the public land
strip-not the Cherokee outlet-had been
opened to settlement. The Cherokee
outlet was embraced within the limits Of
the new territory but was not opened to
settlement under the homestead law.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the private calendar.
The bill authorizing the president to
retire Gen. John G. Fremont with the
rank of major general was taken up.
After number of highly complimentary
speeches the bill was laid aside with a
favorable recommendation. This bill,
together with one appropriating $50, 900,
as finally amended in committee of the
house, but no final action was taken, and
at o'clock the house took a recess until
p. m.
At the night session number OF pen
sion bills We're passed, and at 1890 p. m.
the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE house
passed joint resolution calling on the
secretary of war for further report as
to the practicability and approximate
cost of tunnelling the Detroit river at or
near Detroit, Mich; house bill authoriz-
ing the superintendent of census to
enumerate the Chinese population of the
United States in such manner as to
enable him to make complete and &C
curate descriptive list of all Chinese
persons who are in the United States at
the time of taking the census, and to
give each person so enumerated certif-
cate containing particulars necessary for
full identification, which certificate
shall be the sole evidence of the right of
to be and remain in the United States,
and 100000 is appropriated to carry
out the provisions of the act. The bill
| from the committe On postoffices Great
| ing the offices of assistant general super
| intendent and chief clerk of the rail-
way mail service was also passed. The
house then at 4:50 p. m. adjourned.
WASHINGTON. March 1S.-The house
| adopted resolution calling on the Sec
rotary of war and secretary Of the inte-
| rior for information as to whether saw
ing of expenditure would be effected by
the transfer of the pension bureau to the
war department.: also one calling on the
secretary of the interior for an estimate
of money likely to he needed for pension
arrearages in case the limitation of ar
rears act is repealed.
A bill was passed authorizing affida-
Wits and dispositions under the public and
laws to be taken before commissioners
of United States circuit courts or before
the clerk OF court of record in the county
where the land is situated.
Mr.. Payson called up the bill to repeal
| the timber culture laws, but the bill
went over without action, and the house
went into committee of the whole on the
pensions appropriation DILL. Pending
| debate. the committee rose and the
house, at p. M, adjourned.