Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-19
ErFTY-sEcoNp CONGRESS-.
In the Senate

an American registry to Inmau ships, City
OF Paris and City of New York was passed
In the senate today Senator Chandler offered
q resolution for investigation Into the Boston
Maverick bank failure and il was laid over
until tomorrow. The senate resumed con.
slderation of the S3.00J000 appropriation
passed March 8, 1891, and suspended by the
president in payment for the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indian lands Nothing of inn
portance Was done, except to defeat an
amendment proposed by Mr. Allison. Mr..
Dolph called up the bill to make crimes
against foreign denisens of the United
States, punishable in the United States
courts concurrently with the state courts
according to the penalties prescribed by the
laws of several states. Pending discussio n,
the senate at 5;25, went into executive SEES
sion and adjourned
TUEsDAY-Senator Mitchell presented a
resolution in the senate today instructing
the committee on quadro-centenuial to in
quire into the desiraoility of making an APP
preparation to enable the national guards of
at the various states to h I'D an encampment
the Worlds fair Referred. A bill to.estab-
ilsh the boundaries OF Yellowsto one park was
taken from the calendar and passed
WEDNEspAY-SeuatorQ uay's bill, author.
lzing the secretary Of war 10 cause survey
made for ship canal connecting the waters
OF Lake Erie and the Ohio river commencing
at point near Erie and ending at Pittsburg
IA, was passed. Senator Mcphersonis bill
TO appropriate $50 900 to aid In the erection
Oh monument at Princeton, N, j., TO COM
memorate the revolutionary battle of Prince
ton, was passed. A bill was passed permit
ting army officers to wear the uniform of and
De addressed ny the title of their brevet rank
Inc senate occupied itself up to 2 o'clock to
day in taking up from the calendar and pass
ing number of bills, and passed the rest of
the day in executive session over the T. JET
ferson Coolidge nomination.
THURSDAY Senator Hiscock iutr )duced q
bill admitting the steamer City OF Chiua OF
the Pacific Mail Steamship line, TO American
registry on terms similar to those on which
the City OF Paris and the City of New York
have been admitted, Referred Senator Call
offered resolution for committee of the
house and senate to investigate the condition
Of Cuba, the Antilles, the Bahamas and the
Wlndward islands; and to report such meas
ures as may be necessary toimprove the rela-
lions between the United States aud tho g
Islands. Referred. Also resolution author
lzlng the president to open negotiations for
the purchase of Cuba from Spain Senator
PeHer called up the bi-metallic measure and
delivered an address in favor of free coinage
OF silver. After Mr. PETERS speech the
paval appropriation bill was taken up and
,sad by sections and all the committee
amendments agreed to up to the point where
the Incl ease of the navy came in. The appro-
prlatlon of S5O,0 900 toward the expenses of
the international naval review in connection
with the Columbian exposition was adopted
without division. On motion of Mr.. Hale
the senate went into executive session and
then adjourned until tomorrow
FRIDAY--At the opening of the senate to-
day the river and harbor bill was re ported
back by Senators Frye and Sherman of the
committee on finance, accompanied by re-
port explaining every item in the bill Sena-
tor Frye gave notice that he should call it I'D
for action OH Tuesday. Consideration of the
naval appropriation bill was resumed. Du-
ring the debate Senators Cockrel and Sher-
man both strongly warned the senate that
approximations must be kept down or there
would have to be some new means of raising
revenue Senator Mcpherson acting for
Senator Gibson of louisiana, offered an
amendment reinstating the $50, 900 dollars for
a dry dock at Algiers, New Orleans, which
had been stricken out by the house This
brought up pointed debt, as to the condi-i
ton of the treasury and the amendment was
voted down without a division, but ,mmedi-
ately afterwards Senator Chandler asked the
senate to appropriate 600 900 dollars as u
starter for dry dock at Portsmouth, N. H.
The amendment was lost At $50, with the
discussion on the war-ships still in progress,
the senate adjourned until Monday.
SATURDAY On account of the death of
Senator Baibour, there was no session of the
senate.
In the House
: MONDAY.-The speaker to-day laid before
the house for reference the reply of the after
ney general to the resolution asking for i'm
formation whether the sugar trust or the
American sugar refining company had vio-
lated the anti trust law. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the river and
harbor bill The amendment agreed to Satur-
day, providing that in the cases where au-
thority has been granted to the secretary of
war to make contracts for the completion of
certain works, if no bids be received which
are deemed by the secretary to be advanta-
geous, the materials may be purchased and
the work may be done otherwise than by con-
tract, was reconsidered and re jected The
bill was finally passed by vote of--yeas, 1856;
nays,66. The bill carries with it appropriations
of S22, 100000. and contract appropriations
CT $40, 600 900, making about double the ap-
preparations of the river and harbor bill of
the last congress This being district day, the
remainder OF the session was consumed in the
consideration of bills on the calender affecting
the District of Columbia but without any
action on any measure the mouse adjourned
TILL Tomorrow.
TuEsDAY'-Th house to-day passed a
number OF resolutions to print various govern
ment reports, among them being 10, 90 copies
OF the thirteenth annual report of the director
of the United States geological survey, the
fish commissioners reports of 1891. and the
lastreport of animal industry Mr.. Richardson
OF Tennessee, made a statement regarding
the cost Of public printing, and
said that the amount expended
last year was 1854, 759, of which
eSl5, S96 had been recommended by the COM
mittee on printing the remainder being under
existing laws Representative Cooper, of
Indiana introduced bill amending the
section of the revised statutes authorizing
the secretary of war to issue artificial limbs
to soldiers who are disabled and dependent
upon labor for support, so as to include glass
eyes in cases where the eye had been lost.
The house to-day went into committee of the
whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill
(Mr. Lester of Georgia, in their chair.) 1t
was agreed five hours be given for general
debate The present bill appropriates
e25, 175,7S7, the bill of last year being $685.,