The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-10-04

resolution in the House The confer
ence report on the House joint resoiu-
! ton to increase the number of the board
! of managers of the National Home fol-
! Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and to fill
vacancies IN such board was pre-
| lev and agreed to. 1t provides
| for a board of eleven members, and
names the following managers: Ed
mund \. Morrill,, of Kansas ttor the un-
| expired term of John 4. Martin, de-
ceased; Alfred I. Pearson, of Penn
! sylyania for the uneXpircd term of
| John +. Hartranft, deceased(; VIM. B..
/ Franklin, of Connecticut; John G..
| Black, of Illinois; Thomas w. Hy de, of
Maine lin place of Augustus b. Farm
ham, named in the bilD, and
! George w. Steele. of Indiana. The fol-
lowing Senate ILLS were passed: In
recognition Of the merits and services
| of Chief Engineer George Wallace
officers and men of the Jcannette
the advance of Mr.. Melville one
/ grade and for medals; bill supplement
tary to an act entitled an act to author
iZe construction of the Baltimore q
| Potomac Railroad in the District
Columbia" The House bill providing
| for an adjustment of accounts of work
men arising under the eight-hour law,
went over without action, as did the
| House bill TO prevent the prod
uct of convict labor from be-
| Ing furnished to or for the use
of any department of the government.
| The Senate also passed the House bill
| with Senate substituted 10 define and
regulate the jurisdiction of the courts Of
the United States-yeas, 10; nays, 6.
Messrs. Evarts, Hoar and Pugh were
appointed conterees on the part of the
Senate. The bill as pass ed provides for
the appointment by the President of an
additional circuit Judge with the same
compensation as other circuit judges. 1t
creates in each circuit a circuit court of
appeals to consist of three Judges, which
is to be a court of record, with appellate
| jurisdiction. The court is to have a
| clerk at So COO year and marshal at
8 800 a year. A term is to be held an
nualIy by the circuit court of appeals in
| the several judicial circuits at the fol-
lowing places: First circuit, Boston;
second, New York City; third,
Philadelphia; fourth, Richmond.
Va, fifth, New Orleans; sixth,
! Cincinnati; seventh, Chicago; eighth,
st. Louis. and ninth, san Francisco, and
!
above circuits as said court may, from
time to time, designate. The first
terms of said court are to be held on
The second Monday III January, lo9lt
and thereafter a such times as may
be fixed by said court. No appeal,
neither by writ of error or otherwise,
is to be hereafter taken or allowed from
any district court to the existing circuit
courts. and no appellate jurisdiction is
/ hereafter TO be exercised or allowed by
sald existing circuit courts, but all APP
peals, by writ of error or otherwise from
said district courts, shall only be subject
to review in the supreme court OF the
United States or in the circuit of APP
peals established by the bill. Appeals
or writs of error may be taken from the
/ district courts or from the existing cir
cult courts direct 10 the supreme court
in the following cases: In any case in
which the Jurisdiction of the
eouIts is in issue; lin such
cases the question Of jurisdiction
alone shall be certified to the SUI
preme court from the court below for
dccisiun): from the final sentences and
DEGREES in prize causes; in cases of con-
viction Of Il capital or otherwise infam
Gus crime; in any case that involves
the construction or application Of the
constitution of the United States; in
any case in which the constitutional
it of any law of the United States, or
the validity or construction of any
treaty made under It's authority is drawn
in question:; in any case in which the
constitution or law of a state is claimed
TO be in convention of the constitution
Of the nitcd States. The Senate bill to
pay to the personal representatives of
Capt. John Ericsson SIS, $50 found due
10 him by decree of the court of claims
i'll lS01 was passed.
THURSDAY, Sept 25.-fn the Senate
this morning the House bill to provide
for the establishment of a port of de-
livery at Peoria, ILL.,, was adopted.
Nesers. Hale. Allison and Cockrell were
appointed c0nierCeS, on the part 81 the
Senate, on the general deficiency bill.
Mr. Plumb reported 4 Senate joint rcso
luton authorizing the extension for one
wear Of the time Of payment for lard on
prc-cmption or homestead claims, when.
ever. hE reason Of failure Of crops, the
settler is unable to make payment within
tic time prescribed 10y law, and it was
passed. The calendar was then taken
up and the following Senate bills among
Others were passed: For the relief of the
>tork khridgc tribe OF Indians in Niscon-
sin: 10 aut horizc The acquisition of lands
for coke ovens and other improvements.
and for The right-ot-N"y for wagon
| roads, railroads and tramways in con-
ncction with coal mines; requiring the
! uitei States 10 defend the title OF
| homesteadcrs under the laws of the
| United States in all suits where the land
: claimed II he mineral because of
phosphate deposits. The Senate re-
sumed consideration of the Senate bill
| 10 establish a Urited States land court
and 10 provide for the settlement of
OF private land claims Without dis
| posing of the bill the Senate Went into
| executive session.
FRIDAY, Sept. 26-Nr. Sherman in
| troduced Il bill which WAS referred 10
the committee on appropriations arpro-
| priating $l33, ,oCo for the purchase, or
| the use of the Senate, of the Nallby
House, at the corner Of New Jersey
Avenue and l. Street northwest, with
he vacant lots on the north side c; II.
The conference report presented Esstcr-
Iav on the bill 10 establish the Rock
Creek Park in the District Of Columbia
was agreed to, and the bill row goes 10
the president fos his approval. on
motion of Mr.. Blair the house hIli
10 amend AN act - prohibit ths mn
pertation and migration 81 foreigners
ana .tiit Ii Giiht: tylltiatt t.1'i g. tt
mcrt 10 perform labor N the United
states. lis territories and the District
y. Ce!unl,i2,' was taken rom the
/ calendar The bill was - amended
a. Rot TO apply IL musical u
other artists. or Jewish rabhis, and
went over till tomorrow with an
amendment To make it not apply 10 any
organization of musicians or orchcStras
unactel uron. The bill 10 establish 4
United States land court and TO provide
for the settlement OF private land
claims was taken up, but went over
without action. The Senate passed the
following unob,ccted-to Senate bills:
Granting right of way 10 the
jamestown d Northern Railway
Company through the Devils Lake
Indian reservation, \. T.; 10 authorize
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