The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-11

This provision is made to apply to any
stockholders or any person in any way in
terested in the trust
| A BALTIMORE man has been practicng
shrewd trick on benevolent people OF that
CITY He would tell a minister that he was
not married to the woman who was mother
! of his children, but hat he thought it best
| for them to be married and for the children
to be christened. Ladies became interested,
! and new clothes for parents and children
| and sum of money were given them On
! investigation it was found that the couple
| had been married in this way nineteen
| times and that the children had been chris
| tened twenty-nine times. A new locality
was selected each time
THERE is said to be substantial truth in
the statement that Secretary window, had
| he lived a few days longer, would have
issued an order forbidding consular agents
| from selling merchandise in Canadian ports
| for transportation in bond to the United
I States. This order was only to apply to
| sealing cars with merchandise, IL was to
| extend from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and
| to include both the bonding of cars at Van
couver as well as the sealing and bonding
| OF cars at Montreal. The object of 10 was
! to prevent the importation into the United
States of goods from Japan and Australia
on the Pacific coast and from Europe on
the east This would have been serious
! injury to Canada and New England, and it
would have been vigorously opposed by the
representatives from New England; but
their views had been very carefully con-
sidered and had been overruled. The de-
| Csion was not basely solely upon the views
of Mr. Window himself, but it is under
stood that it was not arrived at by Secretary
| Window until after the whole subject had
been carefully considered by the cabinet,
and had been determined upon and APP
proved by the president and the cabinet.
Congress.
TUEsDAY.-The senate took up the house
! bill to amend the revised statutes so that
vacancies ia the departments caused by
| sickness or death should be extended from
ten to thirty days. A substitute, providing
! that there be no limitation in cases in which
! assistant secretaries perform the duties of
| the Office was reported After debate the
house bill was passed. Consideration of
! the fertilization bill was then resumed, and
| a loLg debate ensued. The amendment of
| the committee on appropriations, reducing
the appropriation from 81 600 600 to $500 ,000
was agreed to. - The house bill grant
ing pension of $50 per month to the widow
| of Commander William Starr Dana was
| taken up, and the senate amendment, in
creasing the amount to $50, was agreed to.
| The house then went into committee of the
! whole on the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation BILL in the course of the consid-
Grafton of which Mr.. McKenna of Cali
| fornia defended the action of Minister Miz-
ner in the Barrundia case.
WEDNEsDAY.-In the senate bitter con-
troversy between Messrs. Cockrell and
| Dawes occurred over a remark of the former
about Edward Atkinson of Boston. The
scene caused a general laugh. number
of amendments To the fertilization bill was
made. and one, offered by Mr.. Blair look
! ing to an international conference for the
suppression of kidnapping and the sale
of liquor and firearms in Africa, was re-
| iaptaH off 70 xyb ipb tbA hill
military academy appropriation bill was
| passed. - In the house, on motion of
Mr.. Dingley, j. A Overly was discharged
! from the custody of the sergeant-at-arms
! The house then went into committee of the
whole on the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill. Mr. Gambler of Massa-
| chusetts spoke in favor of proposed
amendment instructing the secretary of the
treasury not to approve the payment of any
! expense attendant upon meeting of the
! worlds fair commission or of the board of
lady managers, except such meetings as
may be called at the time of the dedication
aud opening of the fair This amendment
was made to the sundry civil appropriation
! bill, but no action was taken. Pending
! further discussion the committee rose and
the diplomatic appropriation bill was
| passed On motion of Mr.. Struble Of Iowa
! the conference report was adopted on a bill
providing for an additional justice of the SUI
! preme court of Arizona.
THURsDAY.-ln the senate the pension ap.
| preparation bill was taken up. 1t appro-
PIRATES for pensions for the year S133, 1873 OS5 ;
! for fees and expenses of examining sur
| geons, S1,5OO,OO0 for salaries of eighteen
! pension agents, S72,O 600, and for clerk hire,
| 100000 The latter item is incr ased by an
amendment of the committee on appropri-
! atoms to $500 900. Another amendment re-
! ported from the committee strikes ont the
! provision limiting to 81 the compensation of
a pension attorney, and insert in lieu of il a
proviso limiting such compensation to So
! The latter amendment gave rise TO a very
! long discussion Mr.. Quay moved to add to
| the provision as 10 fees prOviso that it
shall not apply to any case now pending
| where there is an existing lawful contract.
| Agreed to. Mr., Cockrell moved to insert a
/ prOviso that hereafter no fee or compensa-
| ton for any pension attorney or agent shall
be retained out of any allowance for PEN
sions. There was another long discussion
upon the amendment, which was finally
disagreed to, the vote being divided on
strict party lines. Mr.. Cockrel offered an
amendment providing that hereafter no
pension shall be allowed or paid to any of
ticer, non-commissoned officer or private in
the army, navy OF marine corps, either on
the active or retired list Agreed to with
out division. A II the committee amend
ments having been agreed to, the bill was
passed, Mr.. Stewart not offering the amend
ment, of which he had given notice, to in
sert the free coinage bill as a part of the
pension appropriation bill On motion Of
Mr.. Blair the house bill for the adjustment
of the accounts of government employees
arising under the eight-hour law was taken
up. Mr.. Blair spoke at length in regard to
paying the claims of government employees
who had been compelled to work more than
| eight hours in violation of the act passed in
1868. Mr. Dawes gave notice of an amend
ment in the way of substitute, requiring
| payment for overtime, notwithstanding any
agreement To the contrary. No action was
taken. 80 The house went into com
mittee of the whole on the civil appropri-
alton bill, and the bill was read by para
graphs for amendments. The worlds fair
paragraph having been reached, it was
agreed Owing TO the lateness of the hour
that the debate be postponed until Friday.
| Mr.. Bland of Missouri offered silver free
coinage amendment to the paragraph pro-
viding for the recoinage of gold and silver
coins.
FRIDAY.-In the senate Mr.. Morgan smoke
in support Of the bill reported from the
committee on foreign relations to aid in the
construction of the Nicaragua canal. At
the conclusion Of Mr.. Morgans speech the
senate resumed the consideration of the