The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
FIFTY.SECOND CONGRESS,


| fng were among the private bills introduced:
To pay Ebenezer Comstock any pay and bounty
| due his foster son, Mark Comstock deceased,
! late a private In Company L, Second Ohio cav
airy, and First U. s. cavalry; to grant on honor
| able discharge from the volunteer service to
Barnes Robinson, late private in Company U,
| Twenty-eighth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,
and remove charge Of desertion from his mill
| tary record; Senator Brice presented petition
urging the passage of the bill commonly known
| as "the option bill" to prohibit gambling in
grain and other agricultural products Also, o
resolution from the Ohio state board Of health
/ urging the adoption Of measures to establish
national department OF health.
HoUsE.-Private bills were introduced as fol-
lows: To pay Mrs. Mary e. Shaded and Mrs
Mary L. Saunders, OF Proctorville, O., and H.
A. Shaded, Of Louisiana, $3.50; to pay Am
mon Mclaughlin, of Sciotovile, O., s3, 562.6O to
pay w. I. Scoville and John Kouns, as surviv.
ing partners Of George L. Kouns deceased,
$4,000; to pay Theo. J. Gillet, of Rome, town.
ship. Lawrence county, O.. s52, 900; to pay Henry
E. Saunders, Of Proctorville, O., s64,116, with
interest; to pay James Forgey, Of Brad
rick, Lawrence county, o., $4,000. All these
claims are for steamboats, seized on the Red
river, in Louisiana, during the war; to remove
the charge Of desertion against James Fl. Gard
ner, Company X, Ninetieth regiment, Pennsyl.
vania volunteer infantry; correcting the mill
tary record Of H. c. Jett, Of Breathitt county,
KY; to reimburse Frank D. Bolton, Of New
Harmony, Ind, Q4022 amount Of loss sustained
by buglars while postmaster at same place.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-SENATE.-The free
coinage silver bill and several radical alliance
propositions and other measures looking to an
extension Of the circufat tion were summarily de.
feated in the senate finance committee to-day;
Mr.. Squire reported back adversely senate bill
appropriating $4,000 for q monument and
statue to Gen. Ulysses s. Grant on ground be-
longing to the government In Washington, D. G.
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and the references Of several unimportant ex-
ecutive communications, Mr.. Mcmillan, Of
Tennessee, from the committee on rules, re-
ported back the resolution directing the COM
mittee on banking and currency to make an In
quiry as to the failures of the keystone and
Spring Garden banks Of Philadelphia. Mr..
ONeil, Of Massachusetts offered an amendment
extending the inquiry so as to include the failure
OF the Maverick bank, OF Boston. Agreed to.
Mr.. Dockerey, offered resolution directing
the judiciary committee to inquire into the
right OF the secretary OF the treasury to employ
lures. Referred Mr.. Bacon Of New York,
from the committee on banking and currency,
reported Q bill to promote the safety Of National
banks. House calendar.
WASHINGTON, Feb 10-SENArB.-Senator
Cullom introduced to-day the bin introduced IN
the house by MI. O'Neii, Of Missouri, providing
that eight hours shall constitute days work
for all laborers, workmen and mechanics ern.
ployed by or on behalf Of the government Of the
United States or the District OF Columbia, or by
contractors working for the United States or
the District Of Columbia and providing penal
ties for the violation Of the provision thereof
HoUsE-The most significant event in the
proceedings Of the house to-day was the report
OF the Bland free coinage bill by the committee
on coinage, weights and measures The house
also ordered an Investigation Of the pension bu-
reau as managed by Commissioner Raum; Mr.
nan ~HN N4,.v u1v 49,
banking and currency, called up IN the house
the bill for the better control and to promote
the safety of national banks. The bill will be
further considered tomorrow. Capt Owens In
troduced o bill legalizing the records Of the In
dian ofhce and authorizing the use OF seal by
move the charge Of desertion against George w.
Mannix, Company G, Fortieth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry.
WASHINGTON, Feb DISQUALIFICATION the
private bills introduced to-day were the follow
ing: For the relief Of the heirs of Peter Poor
man, by payment to them of 800 for loss sus-
tanned by said Poorman during the Morgan raid
in 1868; to remove the charge Of desertfon from
Edward Whitehouse, alias Edward Willisms,
late OF Company G, 105th O. w. L., and Company
b. Sth Connecticut Infantry; to increase the
pension Of B. Otto Lots, formerly Of Company
B, Sd Battalion, Louisiana Volunteers, from eS
to &25 per month. Several petitions were pre-
sented praying for legislation looking to the
closing Of the Worlds fair on Sunday. Ad-
journed until Monday.
HoUsE-Mr. Hare introduced q bill In the
house to pay w. S. Hammaker, late postmaster
at Findlay, O., g., ,55S As to reimburse him for
moneys expended by him for necessary clerical
assistance in the office from 1885 to 1889, 1t ap-
pearing that the increase Of business was of
such extraordinary character as to require such
assistance; another bill to correct the military
record Of VIM. Watman, late first lieutenant Of
Company I, Eighteenth regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteer cavalry.
WASHINGTON, Feb 12-SRNATE.-Not in!ses.
sion.
HousE--Mr. Pendleton, Of West Virginia, in
troduced number Of private pension bills Mr..
Wilson, Of Kentucky, introduced o
bill to establish soldiers home in
Paulaski, or Laurel, or Whitley, or knox, or
Bell counties, Ky. 1t appropriates $3.50, 900 for
the same, and is for honorably discharged SOL
diers and sailors Of the war Of the rebellion and
the Mexican war, who because Of disabilities
incurred In the SERVICE are unable to earn liv-
ing. Mr. Caruth's bill for the relief of Henry S.
Sanders was favorably reported to-day. The
military academy appropriation bill was passed.
The bill contains various reductions aggregat-
ing in the total about $65 0O0 The bill authoriz-
ing the postmaster general to credit Aquilla
Jones, ST., late postmaster at indianapolis, Ind,
in the final settlement of his accounts with the
sum of ~, 438 the amount of loss sustained by
MIN Dy ROBBERY, was discussed IN cOmmlttee OF
the whole, and recommended for passage.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-SENATE-Not in ses-
sion.
HousE--A bill was passed authorizing the
board of managers of National Soldiers homes
to appoint their officers from soldiers who
served in the late war, without regard to rank.
The speaker announces the appointment Of the
following committee to investigate the pension
office; Messrs. Wheelock, (Mich); Little, New
York;; DUNCAN (O); Lind, (Minn); and Bro
sius, Pa.)
Money for the Mississippi
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-After hear
ing from engineer officers of the gov
ernment and delegations appointed to
lay the matter before congress, the
senate committee on commerce has de-
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