Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
IN the Senate, on the I'd, a substitute for
the Antitrust bill was reported back from
committee and discussed. The conference
report on the Urgent Deficiency bill was
presented and agreed to- and the Senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the Montana
election case. 1t was agreed that on and
after the 7th the daily sessions of the SEN
ate should begin at noon In the House
q number of bridge bills were passed; also q
bill amending the act to aid vessels wrecked
or disabled in waters cotermnous to the
United States and the Dominion of Canada.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
tlon OF the Idaho Admission bill.
IN the Senate, on the Sd, after the trans
action of routine business the Montana
election case was taken up, and Mr.. Gray
finished his argument in support of Clark
and Maginnis, the Democratic claimants. The
matter then went over. lin the House
Senate bill concerning the furseal interests
was passed, and the Senate concurrent reso-
luton requesting the President to invite
arbitration with foreign governments to
settle disputes or differences which can not
be settled by diplomacy, was agreed to. The
Idaho Admission bill was then taken up,
discussed and passed: Yeas, 1923; nays l.
The Democrats refused to vote and the
Speaker counted a quorum.
THE Senate was not in session on the 4th
... In the House, after the considerati on
and passage OF five private pension bills,
pending from previous night session, the
body went into committee of the whole on
the private calendar. The bill for the al
lowance of certain claims for stores and
supplies used by the United States army,
under the provisions of the Bowman act
was discussed at length. mainly on points of
order, but pending action the committee
rose and the Ho use took recess until eight
O'Clock. At the night session thirty privat e
pension bi lis were passed.
IN the Senate, on the 5th, a number of bills
were taken from the calendar and passed,
among them one appropriating $685. for
an additional fire proof building for the Ma
tional Museum; one prohibiting the import
alton Of adulterated food and drink and
one for an inspection of meats for exporta-
tion After a short executive session, pri-
vate pension bills on the calendar were
taken up, and 113 bills were passed in just
one hour. In the House number of bills
relating to military affairs were passed.
among them one amending the Articles oi
War in reference to courts martial; author.
iZing the construction of hotel on the Gov.
ernment Reservation at Fortress Monroe re.
organizing the artillery force of the army ,anc
after which the House listened to euI og lei
ting, of New York, and adjourned as fur.
ther mark of respect to the deceased.
IN the Senate, on the 7th, the House
amendment to the joint resolution for the
removal of the naval magazine from Ellis
Island, N. Y, was concurred in. The Mon
tana election case was then taken up, and
speeches in favor of both the majority and
minority reports were made, and the matter
was still pending when the Senate went into
iva In ha q Yrrn-
ton to suspend the rules and pass the SEN
ate bill granting pensions to soldiers and
sailors who are incapacitated for the per-
formance of labor, and providing for pen
sons to widows and minor children and
dependent parents, was lost. number OF
public building and other bills were passed.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
A SUPPLEMENTARY election in Provi-
1ence, r. l., held on the 5th, makes the
Legislature stand at forty-seven Repub-
licans and forty-four Democrats, with
seventeen members yet to be elected,
and of these the Republicans need seven
to carry the General Assembly.
On the 4th the President signed the
Urgency-Deficiency bill.
ARTICLES for professional court ten
mis- match for the championship of the
world have been signed by Thomas Pet
tit, of the Boston Athletic Club, the
present worlds champion, and Charles
Saunders, champion of England.
AT recent meeting of the council of
McGill University, at Montreal, Can, it
was announced that donations aggre-
eating 81, 900, 900 had been made to the
l., 70 of +haf in
stitution. Of this amount w. A. Nc
Donald, large tobacco manufacturer,
gave $500, 900, and Sir Donald A. Smith,
president of the Bank of Montreal, gave
$500, 600.
PREVIOUS to the departure of Major
Liebert from Berlin for Zanzibar, he
was charged by Emperor William to
use all means in his power to induce
Emin Pasha to enter the service of Ger
many.
Ii is said that Stanley condemns the
British East Africa Company for allow
ing American and Russian sportsmen to
exhaust for mere pleasure the pre-
serves of their territory, and says it
would be far better to allow Germany to
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least prevent buccaneering.
A REPORT comes from Constantinople
to the effect that on account of insult
ficient evidence several of the charges
against Moussa Bey have been dropped.
OF the oath meeting of Emperor
William and Queen Victoria will take
place at Darmstadt
On the 7th William Galloway, who
ran the first engine over the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, and who was probably
the oldest locomotive engineer in the
world, died suddenly of apoplexy, at
Baltimore, Md. He was born in Balti-
more County on September 25, 1909, of
English parents, and began his railroad
ing career January %, 1888.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A NUMBER of forgers who had been
circulating spurious Spanish and Italian
bonds were run down and arrested at
Trieste, Austria. The face value of the
bogus paper they had put into circula-
ton is upwards of o5, 600, 900 francs.