St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Loaded With a Vast Number
Of Amendments 1t Passes
the Senate.
Mankato's Public Building
Fund Is Increased From
$4,000 to 100000.
An Appropriation Of $4,000
for the Preservation OF
Reindeer.
Roger @. Mills Wakes SareaS-
tic Over the Matter Of
Reciprocity.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-fn the senate
the sundry civil bill was taken up and
its consideration resumed, beginning on
page 65-discussion to be under the
five minute rule. All the amendments
reported from the committee on appro-
priations having been disposed OF 1:50,
the bill was opOn to general amend
ment. Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out
an item of $4,000 for aid to the Indus
trial Christian ii ONE association,
i'll Utah territory. Defeated-yeas
20, nays 81 Mr.. Spooner Of
fered an amendment appropriatlng
$4,000 for the extension of the hospital
of the soldiers home. Milwaukee.
Agreed to. Mr.. Hawley offered amend
ments apprOpriating $4,000 for brick
barrack at the soldiers home at Leaven-
worth, Kan, and SIS, 700 for brick bar
rack at Dayton, o. Agreed to. Mr..
Spooner moved to increase the appro-
priationS
For Public Buildings
at Burlington, To-. from $4,000 to S95,
COO, and at Mankato, Mimi, from 800
900 to 100000. Agreed to. Mr. SpOoner
also offered an amendment to increase
the limit of appropriation for the
public building at Milwaukee, Wis,
by the amount to be derived from
the sale of certain sites now owned
there by the government. Agreed to.
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment APP
prODriating $4,000 for the collection
and publishing OF information as to the
best methods of cultivating the soil by
irrigation. Agreed to. Amendments
were offered by Mr.. Allison and agreed
to, as follows: For two steam launches
for use on Puget sound, not exceeding
5000 each. Appropriating 100000 adj
ditional for the purchase of a site for a
public building in San Francisco and
directing that the construction shall
begin with any of that amount
that shall remain after the purchase.
Mr.. Vance offered an amendment di-
recting the proper officers OF the How
ard university to report annually to the
secretary Of the interior how the apprO-
priations for that university are eX-
pended. Agreed to. Mr.. Warren of
fered an amendment making $4,000 i'm
mediately available for repairs of the
buildings at Fort Mckinney, Wyo.
Agreed to. Mr. Stanford offered an
amendment extending the sum appro-
priated for the public building at Los
Angeles, Cal. to 100000. Disagreed to.
Mr.. Teller offered an amendment appro-
priating $4,000 for the Importation,
care and preservation of reindeer for
the use of the
Natives of Alaska,
Agreed to, Mr.. Reagan offered all
amendment appropriating $4,000 for a
site for a military post at Eagle Rock,
Texas. Agreed to. Mr.. Frye offered
an amendment apprOpriating $4,000 for
a first-class ordinary lighthouse at
North Head, Cape Disappointment, iii
the state of Washington, near the
mouth of Columbia river. Agreed to.
Mr.. Teller offered an amendment i'll
creaSng the limit of cost of the public
building at Pueblo, Colo, to $30O.000.
Agreed to. Mr.. Mcpherson offered
an amendment for life-saying stations
near the mouth OF Rogue
river. and at or near Port
Oxford on the coast of Oregon.
Agreed to. Mr.. Plumb offered ali
amendment appropriating $4,000 for all
elevator in the public building at
Leavenworth, Kan. Agreed to. Mr..
Mitchell offered an amendment appro-
priatin0 $4,000 for light and fog sig
nal at the mouth of COquille river on
the Pacific coast. Agreed to. The bill
was reported to the senate, and all the
amendments were agreed to. The bill
was then passed.