Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
House.

WARRINGTON, March S.-The bill pro
viding for the compulsory attendance o
witnesses before registers and receivers o
public money passed.
THE house then. In committee Of the whole,
resumed consideration Of public building
measures. The first bill called up was
TINT increasing from &50,0o TO $65n,OOO
the limit, of the cost of the public building
ut Newark, n. j., and making an appro-
p~riation Of $500, 900 for the increase.
After a long discussion the appropriation
clause was stricken out and the bill az
amended was laid aside with a favorable
recommendation.
The next bill called MP was the senate
a%ppropriating S20o, coo for q public building
at Cedar Rapids, Ia. II was laid aside
favorahly after being amended by striking
out the apr oprinting clause and reducing
the limit Of the cost to $4,000.
Among the bills favorably recommended
was one for a public building at
Neb., at a cost Of &60,OOO. .
The committee then arose and reported
the bills TO the house, which Immediately
found itself In q small deadlock. There
was no quorum 10 pass the bills ana the
friends of the measure would not consent
to an adjournment. Finally the previous
question was ordered on all bills, and IL
was agreed that they be considered Tues
day morning.
M~AsHINGTON, MhrCu lOs-Uhrs aii
favorably reported today from the com
mittee on war claims to pay b. +. Moody
& CO., Of Keokuk, Ia, the sum OF SS,s4o.
This bill has been before congress for the
past ten years, receiving favorable reports
and then dying on the calendar.
Mr.. Dorsey will have John N. Tiffany
appointed postm aster at Enterprise. Neb.
Mr.. Clifford called up aud secured the
passage of a bill authorizing the Pierre
Pontoon Bridge company to construct u
pontoon bridge across the Missouri ct
Pierre.
Mr.. Henderson presented q resolution
adopted by the Business Mems association
Of Davenport favoring deep water i'm
provements on the gulf coast. /,
the w. G. I. u. Of Hyde county protesting
against the expenditures for naval arma-
ment.
Senator Pettigrew introduced q bill au-
thorizing the construction OF a bridge
across the Missouri at Chamberlain for
railroad, wagon and foot passengers by the
Chamberlain Pontoon Bridge company;
also reported a bill fayorably for the rati-
fcation of the agreement with the Indians
of Fort Berthold agency In North Dakota;
also favorably q bill authorizing the secre-
tary of the interior TO negotiate with the
Turtle Mountain Indians for the cession Of,
lands on their reservation. I
G. T. Peacock has been appointed post
master at Brisbine, Sanborn county.
WASHINGTON, Marci 1.-THE house to-
day passed bills providing for public
buildings at Cedar Rapids, Ia, and FIRE.
mont, Neb.
Mr.. Deliver presented petitions Of
Hutchinson G.. A. X. post, OF Livermore;
Dillon post, Of Emmettsburg, and Ellis
worth post, Of West Bend, Ia, praying for
the passage Of the service pension bill.
Mr.. Dorsey presented q petition of citi-
zens Of Grand Island, Neb., praying for
the maintenance Of the present duty on
sugar E1 Congo, n,...n,ea n.,,,,o,, ., Rich.
mond post, Of Dallas county, and Tacoma
post, praying the passage ct the service
pension bill.
Senator Moody introduced a petition Of
fifty three citizens Of Lennon, 3. d., favor
ing the free coinage OF silver; also . bill
for the relief OF James d. Garland, Of
Whitewood, s. D., who alleges loss Of
property by Indian depredations. +,
WASHINGTON, March 12.-The house to-
day passed the bill extending the time of
payment Of purchases Of lands from the
Omaha Indians to 1894, 1895 and 1895; 10
also passed the bill granting the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway rtght-of-
way through the Sisseton and Wahpeton
Indian reservations, in South Dakota.
During the conside GRAFTON in the house to-
day Of the bill providing . territorial form
Of government for Oklahoma, Nj. Kerr
made . vigorous speech favoring prohibi.
ton In Oklahoma He vividly portrayed
tho evils which would follow the introduc-
ton Of liquor in Oklahoma, thus putting II
within easy reach Of the Indians. Liquor
had always been kept out Of the Indian
country BY the United States laws, and he
opposed an act Of congress which would
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A resolution was today agreed to by tho
house hxing the afternoon Of April ~ -
the date upon which ~eulogies viii be pro-
nounced upon the late Representative
Laird, OF Nebraska.
WASHINGTON, March IA bill passed
granting right of-wsy through the Mile
Lac Indian reservation, In Minnesota, to
the Little Falls, Mile Lac and Lake Supe-
rfor Railroad company. The house thsn
o nsideration Of the Oklahoma bill.
An amendment was adopted for the estab-
lishment Of q land ofice In No Mans
Land; also one providing that NO person
having fec simple to leo acres Of land IN
any state or territory shall bs entitled "a
enter land covered by this Get. The COM
mittee then rose and reported the bill TO
: the house. An amendment providing sec-
tion 2139, revised statutes (prohibiting the
introduction Of Intoxicating liquors into
Indian territory, shall be entered In Okld-
homa until after the adjournment Of the
hrst session Of the Legislature ives agreed
to by . vote Of lS4 to i0S. The bill then
passed by . vote Of 100 TO Is.
WARRINGTON, March M.-Mr. Hsnder.
SON, OF lows, presented for reference . ret.
o~lution Of the general assembly % Iowa
favcving such legislation In regard 20 cdr
coupling ~ will protect the life snd limbs
Of railway employees.
The house then went into committee Of
the whole ON the private calendar.
MI. Kflgore offered IN amendment foy
the retirement Of General Fremout with
the ran of brigadier- general.
After . brief discussion, In which Messvs.
Msnsur, vsndsvsr and Banks sulogissd
the serviass Of General Fremont, Mr.. XII
cores amendment was rejected and ~
bill laid aside with favorable sscommsnds
ton.
An ev01ng session was held for The pas
sage Of pension bills, but none passed.
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