Evening journal., 1890-03-14
In the House.


WASHINGTON, March a. The house passed
bills granting right Of way 10 railroads as
follows. Through the Mile Lacs Indian
reservation, Mimi, TO the Little Falls, Mile
LAcs and Lake Superior Railroad company;
through the Indisn territory, 10 the Galena,
Guthrie and Western Railroad company;
through the Neg Perce Indian reservation,
Idaho, to the Pelouse and Spokane Railroad
company The house then W, 1t into com
mittee Of the whole on the Oklahoma bill
On the motion Of Mr. Tarsney MOI an
amendment was adopted for the establish
mcnt OF land Office in No Mans Land. On
motion OF Mr.. Holman Qnd.) an amendment
was adopted providing that no person hav-
ing a fee simple to 100 acres Of land In any
state or territory shall be entitled TO enter
the land covered by this act The hour Of
o'clock having arrived, the committee rose
ana reported the bill TO the house
The Oklahoma BIN Passed.
The amendment adopted in committee Of
the whole providing that section 2.i39,
Revised Statntcl lprasibiting the introduce
tion of Intoxicating ugsnrs into the Indian
territory shall be enforced in Oklahoma
until after the adjournment of ths FIRST ses.
sion of the legislative assembly was agreed
to--yans, 1884; nays, i03 The bill was then
passed-yeas 1850; nays, 25. IL is a sutsti.
tute for the senate bill on the same subject
The bin contains provisions which, in sub.
stance, fix the boundaries of the now terri.
tory so as TO include the Cherokee outlet,
with provso that no lands which the In.
dians 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
governments Il also provides for the cleo
tion Of Legislative assembly. Provision Il
made for the establishment Of suprom,
and district courts. The Cherokee outlet Il
declared TO be public land and open TO set
tlement under the homestead laws.
TO Improve the Militia.
Mr. Henderson Qnl reported favorabll
from the house committee on militia 20 tn
house the bill for the improvement OF tn
efficiency Of the militia. The committe
report states that the proposed militia Law
Is primarily 20 recognize the existing condi
iion Of the militia Of the country and 10 con
form the general law TO the changes alrend,
made by the respective states under th
pressure Of necessity aud common sense. TIL
| purpose Of the provisions OF the bin may b
classified into three distinct proposition,
First-ro repeal and amend oil provision
Of the law Of 1899 that have become obsolete
and substitute provisions and recognizin
the existing conditions and the law OF Il
respective states Second-To increase II
annual appropriation for furnishing Il
states with arms and equipments for Il
militia from S4Q0, 900 10 1000, 900, Third
To provide for annually bringing under Il
struction for thirty days limited and 81
lect portion Of the militia as volunteers
connection with the regular army.
The bill has the indorsement of the M
tional convention OF the National Guard thi
recently met in this city.
MIR. window and BedIoe's Island.
Secretary Of the Treasury Window, s,
licitor Hepburn and Special Agent Oki.
who made the investigation Of Castle Ga
den year ago, appeared at a joint meetin
of the house and senate committees on In
migration and explained the reason for Il
transfer Of the immigrant station from Ca
tie Garden TO Bedloe's Island. Secretar
Window said that Governors Island woul
have suited him as well as Bedloe's Islant
but the military authorities objected I
giving up control OF it. He thought Ell
island too low. Senators Mcpherson an
Evarts stated the objections to the use
Bcdloe's Island based principally on Il
ground that congress, by implication
least, had dedicated IL as park. The con
mittee adjourned without action