Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-27
CAPITOL GLEANINGs.
What Various Committees Are Con
sidering.
PROPOSED LAND FoRYKrTuRKa.

| sidering.
PROPOSED LAND FoRHErruREa
The House committee on public lands today
| authorised Mr.. Payson to report favorably the
bill to forfeit TO the United States certain lands
| in the state of Wisconsin granted in aid Of the
| construction of railroads in that state. The
bill was amended so that it's provisions will
extend to all bona fide settlers who have here
tofore applied to be entered. Two other
| amendments were also made. These provide
for the recognition OF all existing valid home
lands should be disposed Of under the settle
ment laws only.
| NAT. WARS cLAIM.
| The House committee on war claims today
authorized favorable report on the bill intro
duced in the House by Mr.. Atkinson for the
relief Of Nathaniel Mckay. It il proposed by
this bill to allow these claims to be presented
| to the Court Of Claims for the termination Of
demands made against the government on
account of the construction Of two iron-clad
monitors and a side-wheel steamer in 1863.
This bill passed both houses at the last session
OF Congress, but was vetoed by President Cleve-
land.
THE ADMISSION OF IDAHO.
The House committee on territories today
authorized a favorable report on the bill intro
duced in the House by Mr.. Struble to provide
Tor the admission of the state Of Idaho The
Dill contains the usual law provision under
which territories are admitted and appropri-
ates S25, 600 for defraying the expenses for the
convention held in July, 1885, for the purpose
OF forming constitution.
THE MONTANA SENATORS.
Senator-elect Saunders, one of the two re-
publican claimants to the Montana seats in the
Senate. Gays that the Silver Bow decision. which
mas been said by the democrats to settle the
Claims OF the republicans to the Senate seats.
mas no bearing on the case. at was little
county decision and cannot stand" he said
The Senate committee will take up the mat
ter on Saturday next and determine then
whether the agreed facts are sufficient Gas we
ciaim) TO settle the question on or whether
they Will go behind these facts and investigate
the election of members of the legislature of
Montana. l have no doubt of the result
THE MILITARY IN OKLAHOMA.
In response to a Senate resolution the Secre-
sary Of War yesterday transmitted to Congress
copies Of all the kilograms and letters on file in
the War department relative to the action of
the military in Oklahoma from the date of the
PRESIDENTS proclamation opening the territory
to settlement.
TRENTON BATTLE FIELD MONUMENT.
Senator Evarts today, from the committee on
library, reported favorably bill appropriating
3O,OO0 for the erection on the battle field of
Trenton OF a monument concentrating that
battle.
Mr.. Michael Scanlon, the chief of the bureau
OF consular statistics of the State department.
was before the House committee on the mer-
chant marine and fisheries yesterday by in
vitatiou and submitted an official statement of
the amounts of all subsidies by the nations of
the world.
TOTAL HELPLEssNEss.
Senator Cameron's BILL introduced in the
Senate yesterday, defining total helplessness
interprets that term to apply to all persons
who during the war lost an arm or leg at or
SO near the joint that an artificial limb cannot
be used, and grants all such persons pension
OF S12 q month.
URGENT DEFICIENCIES.
The House appropriations committee has
completed the urgent deficiency bill. The
bill makes total appropriation of S23, $50 213
Among items of Importance are: For the coast
survey, $4,000; fish commission, $4,000; pub
nc buildings, :26OOO; internal revenue, Sl10.-
600; light house establishment, s14,799;
collecting customs revenues, SlS5 900:
for soldiers homes, S7O6O9:
patent Office, $50, O00 land Office clerks. S2S OOO
surveys, $4,000; Indian supplies, 5000: for
survivors and widows of the survivors and wild
ows of the Mexican war and war of 1872
s2l, 59S, 1874.
IMPOSING DUTY ON ORANGES.
Senator Call today introduced bill provid-
ing that duty of 81 shall be collected on
every box containing 200 or more oranges i'm
ported into the United States, and that a cor
responding duty shall be imposed on all pack
ages OF oranges imported into the United
States. A drawback Is to be allowed on all de-
cayed or unsound fruit.
Mr.. PETERS IRRIGATION BILL.
Mr. petara NJ Eanaao va,tar1ov
bill providing within certain limits for the
promotion and regulation of irrigation and
matters subsidiary and accessory thereto, cre-
atlng and empowering commissions, &c. This
bill provides that all the waters in the United
States shall be used for purposes of irrigation
and directs the appointment of nine commits
sioners OF irrigation for the eastern and west
ern irrigation divisions into which the bill di-
vides the country. The two commissions are
to meet in general council and formulate plans
for carrying out the provisions of the bill
Charter licenses are to be granted to persons
desirous OF building, maintaining or altering
any irrigation works. The commission il au-
thorized to cause such experimental investiga-
ton as shall be necessary to demonstrate the
character for purposes OF irrigation Of the sub
terranean water supply i'll the several states
and territories.
TO IMPROVE HARLEM RIVER.
Senator Frye yesterday introduced in the
Senate a JOINT resolution requiring the Secre-
tary OF War to contract for the work relating
to the improvement of the Harlem river by the
construction of channel from the upper end
OF Randalrs Island through the Harlem river to
the Hudson river, to be 2z5 feet in width and
10 feet deep at mean low water. The bill ap-
proprlates 1850, 900 for completing the work,
which must be finished by March, 1892.
PROPOSED INLAND CANAL.
Senator Pascoe by request has introduced a
hi 10 10 he NJ
and Mississippi barge canal company and to
grant to 1T the right OF way through the lands
OF the United States. The route of the pro-
posed canal shall be from point on the Miss
issippi river at or near New Orleans. through
lakes Borgne and Ponchartrain and over the in
land coast waters to a point near st. Marks.
Fla, and thence across that state by the most
feasible route to the Atlantic ocean. A board