Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-08
CONGRESS AND ITS COMMUTERS.
Petition for an Increased Appropriation
for the Civil Service Commission, Etc.

A-sSe
Representative Lodge Of Massachusetts, to-
day presented the petition OF $40 citizens Of
Massachusetts, asking for an increased appro-
priation for the civil service commission. The
body Of the petition is as follows; We, the
undersigned, citizens Of Massac husetts, believ-
ing that the great importance OF the work oil
the United States civil service commission de-
mands ample appropriations from Congress,
earnestly petition your honorable bodies to APP
propriate not only the sum Of SIS, 900 asked for
by the commission for its present work, but
also the additional sum needed for such ex-
tension Of the system under the present Law al
the commission recommend and, with the Pres.
idents approval, may be able to make. sim.
liar petition, signed by 1000 citizens Of Penn.
sylvanis was presented by Representative
Bayne Of Pennsylvania.
AN INDIAN AaREEMEST TO BE RATIFIED.
The House committee on Indian affairs has
authorized favorable report with amendments
on the House bill to ratify and confirm an
agreement between the United Statos and the
Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians Of Dakota fol
the REIMBURSEMENT OF some Of their lands. The
sum OF 1851. l7S Is appropriated to carry GU,
the terms OF the agreement
PENSIONS FOR ApM1RAIs' WIDOWS,
The Senate committee on pensions today or.
dered favorable reports to be made upon the
bill to pension the widow of the late Rear Ad.
mirai Hugh 7. Purviance at $50 q month and
the bill TO pension the widow Of the late Rear
Admiral John Lee Davis at 800 month.
RELIEF OF PROF. HENRYs HEIRS
A favorable report has been ordered by the
Senate committee on finance on the bill to pay
the heirs OF the late Prof. Joseph Henry, Sec
rotary Of the Smithsonian Institution, &c. OOC
compensation for his services as . member OF
the Light house board.
GOING TO ARKANSAS TO INVESTIGATE.
The House committee on elections today ap-
pointed subcommittee consisting Of Messrs.
Lacey, Cooper, Bergen, Cultivate and Wilson
ono. to visit Arkansas and collect testimony
relative to the contested election case of Clay.
ton against Breckenridge in the second district
and the alleged assassination Of Clayton. The
subcommittee expects to leave for Arkansas In
about two weeks.
SALARIES OF NAVY YARD EMPLOYEES.
Messrs. Chase and Jones, representing the
navy yard employees, appeared before the
House committee on naval affairs today in sd.
vocacy of pending bills to provide for the pay
ment OF salaries for limited time to such en-
ployes as are disabled in the discharge of their
duty and to place the employees Of the
Washington yard on an equal footing as to sal
oly VAN tle GIN plOyes at new 1Ork ana Boston.
THE TORREY BANKRUPTCY BILL.
The House committee on the judiciary today
completed the consideration Of the Torrey
bankruptcy bill introduced by Representative
E. B. Taylor of Ohio and ordered it to
be reported favorably. number OF
amendments have been made, but
these are simply corrections and changes
of phraseologv and do not affect the principles
Of the bill. Mr.. Culberson Of Texas will sub
init q minority report and urge the substitu-
ton Of his own bill, which is a short measure
providing for the discharge, within six months
after bankruptcy, Of any bankrupt who has in
good faith assigned to trustee all Of his prop
erty not exempt under local law.
MILITARY MATTERS
The House committee on military affairs to-
day ordered favorable reports upon
the bill to retire Gen. Stoneman OF
California with the rank Of colonel of infantry
providing for the construction Of roads
from Alexandria and Culpeper, Va, to the
military cemeteries near those points, and
granting right of way to a railroad company
through the Fort Clark (Tex.) military reser.
walton.
AGAINST INVESTIGATION.
The House committee on commerce has re.
solved to report adversely upon Representative
Buchanans resolution providing for an investi.
CATION of the life-SayInu service