The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-19
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
y Di.~u..ssa sf she Bsil ssr the Tews p~rsrv
(s~yernsssent ssT lDk lAhusna.

committee of the whole.
The speaker laid before tho house "a
message from the president transmitting
without commcn, communication from
the interior department proposing an
amendments of the act providing for the
allotmcnts Of land in scveralty tai the In
dian-.
The h.aisc went into committee OF tl,e
whole on the senate bili for AN assistant
secretary Of war. AZ I'D the committee
rose without action, nj the ho,,sc rss,tinesl
the consideration of the bill for the tenn
The general debate was limited to :'E
hours, despite the appeal of Barnes and
Others Tor five hour. time. and in rctaiia;
for the reading OF the original senate hill
and thc ho,ise substitute together. consist
minutes was consumed in the reading aud
il was after = o'clock before Strtiblc, Of
Iowa. took the floor i'm support Of the bill.
failed to include all the Creek and Semi
mole lands purchased under the last all
ministration. The house bill cnlbracssi all
of the territory not occupied by the five civ
ilized tribes. This tract. I'm area, compared
favorably with tho surrounding states. IL
cred. with 80 miles of raiiroads,- ,-~iih
business enterprises, coal lands, aS rlcul-
t,iral industries and ! population of *p.sD
people. The houss' bill proposssi to organ.
ize Il into "a territory. The first part of
tire bill related to territorial officers and
was similar In that respect tn the senate
TO be established. Provisions were made
for the establishment at "A supreme court
,as and for the ,rnl 81 S".cS, "S,"Ga' Sn ns nss
mcm and town sites were ,c
provided fora a sree.iy ss,,le,ncnt of the
controversy between the United States
and the state of Texas Respecting the
be called the second division OF the bill
related solely to the Indian Territory cx-
elusive and Oklahoma, and created n SUI
administer tine law of Arkansas .o far as
applicable to- that territory.
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Springer said Barnes unintentionslly
tried TO rnisreprcsent the scop, of
United States had as much right to legis-
late respecting the lands ON the Cherokee
outlet as il had Ia leUislatc an amy sub
ject.
Har.. read ,,s part of his remarks "a pro-
test from Governor Bird of ths. Choctaw
nation against the passage OF the bill as a
violation of the treaty made AT Dancing
Water i'm 1s.D.
Mnnsur and PcrLin botl, insisted they
Bird asking To have n court established AT
certain points.
The committee arose before the debate
had concluded and tl,c house adjourned.
DEMPSEY WINS.
Mccarthy n k.ocscs, Out in the Twenty
Eighth Round.
SAN FRANtIscO, Feb. ls.-Two thou
sand spectators witnessed the fight to-
might between Jack Dempsey and Billy
Mccarthy. Dempsey knocked Mccarthy
out i'm the twcnty-ciRhth round.
Ti,s D"ty On "Issnx WASTE"
wASHINGToN, Feb. 1s.-Assistant Sec
retary Tichcuor made ~ decision to-day
in regard to- the classification for duty of
wool in the form known ring waste, i'm
which lac holds so-callcd ''ring waste is
the genuine product resulting from what
in known the French system of wool
spinning now i'm general Use iu England.
France and Germany: that IL is imported
i'm its ordinary condition and not changed
for the purpose OF cvadinR duty. il is cx-
empt from ~ double rate of duty as pre-
scribed in certain cases. and while
s.ring waste is the product Gf
the Processes OF spinning wool into yarn
is not waste" In the sense Of the tariff
act. Customs officers are. therefore. in
structed that the so-callcd 'ring waste
when found tn he wool of high value and
shall be subjected to duty as secured wool
of its appropriate class, but when from
any cause il is really tlegeneratcd or waste
material of small value, compared with
cor,iug tn the rule of siniiilt,Is, be clas-ct
as waste under paragraph 3si 4. I. new.
EngIi-h Matters.
LONDON, Feb. Is.-Matthcws, home -.c-
rotary. replying to "A tleputation of miners
told them llc could bold ont the hope tina,
the government would support the eight
| hour bill.
The passenger steamer Coral Queen
from CotllenburR has been sunk oil the
river Tees i'm collision with tho
Rotterdam steamer Brinio. IL in reported
sixteen persons were ON the Coral Queen
vision of the higher court Of Justice has
refused to grant the application OF Cap