Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-03-26
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.



l. First Session.
WASHINGTON, March ib.-SENArs-r shsiS
talk before the rivers and harbors committee,
Senator Carlisle and Mayor Berry spoke for The
Licking river and It's improvements, and urged
that an appropriation be made for survey Of
! the river as far as Falmouth. They also spoke
infavor OF levee In front OF Newport and at
the side OF the bank OF the Licking river, 70 pro
vent the overflow OF the Newport barracks
gseunds and large portion Of the city Of New.
port, which is subject to inundation st high
water. Senator Turpie favorably reported his
bill for the relief Of Samuel M Campbell, Of
Marion county, Ind late private, Company G,
Seventh Indiana volunteer infantry, paying
him $50 per month In lieu OF what he now re.
ce!ves, and also his bill for the relief Of VIM C.
Tarkinton, o. Indianapolis, Ind, late captain
and quartermastcr In the u S. volunteer serv.
Ice. pcnsoning him at $50 per month
HousE-The following were among the
private bills introduced: Sending claim Of
Thomas L. Alexander, late Lieut. Col Fifth In
fsntry, to U. S. court OF claims The samo bill
was introduced into the senate by Senstor
Blackburn; increasing pension Of Josephine
| Hogan, widow OF Andrew J. Hogan, late Capt
Company l, First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,
TO e20 per month; pensioning II. N. Whcelbeek.
late Lieut. -Col Sixty.fourth o. v. l., as Zoo pcr
month instead OF his present pension.
| WASHINGTON, March l6-SENATE.-Senator
PETER introduced, by request, bill with tho
| following comprehensive title: Creating .
| fund for the payment OF pensions and for set.
| ting our army OF idle laborers at work on cx-
| tensive public improvements; for the removal
| Of the strongest Incentive TO crime among the
poor and to vice among the rich; for protecting
the American from the influx Of undue allen
10 nth No
fund contemplated In the bill Is to be furnished
by graduated tax on incomes and real estate.
Referred Petitions presented Two In favor
OF the passage OF the option bill, one from the
Ohio millers' association, and one from citizens
| Of Jackson township, Allen county, and then
lot OF petitions against gambling In farm prod.
ucts, In favor OF pure lard against discrediting
iegal-tender currency for encouragement OF silk
culture, and against the opening Of the Worlds
| fair on Sunday.
HoUsE-Bills introduced: Paying Ellen
| Owens, Of Ironton, o.. II ,335 In payment and
full satisfaction for property belonging to her
used and destroyed by U. S. troops in Lawrence
county. O., in the winter OF 1884: and also bill
comforting jurisdiction on the U. S. court OF
| claims TO adjudicatc the claim OF the heirs OF
| Dudley d. Smith, late Of Guyandottc. W. Va,
for residence and Its contents, and for store.
house and out buildings and their contents, all
| valued at f3.250. destroyed during the war In
| 1861.
| WASHINGTON March T.-SENATE-Senatof
voorhees, introduced petition from thu
Peru Ind l'agging Co, protesting against the
bill OF Mr. Turner, OF Georgia, putting bagging
| for cotton on the free list. Senator PETER in.
| troduccd bill to establish an electrical expert.
| mental station for the purpose of investigating
| and determining whether electricity can be
| protltably used and applied as q motive power
| In the propulsion Of farm machinery. Referred
| 10 committee on agriculture
HOUSEHOLDS introduced: To abate the as.
| sessmcnt Of s3l7ii alleged to be unjustly taxed
against S Wachncr, distiller OF spirits from po.
tatoes in tho month Of April, 1889: paving $4,000
| TO Hester Barnes. who was accidentally shot by
| u soldier OF the U. S. army at Carlin, New, on
| October 2, 1875; paying $500 to Geo S Curtis
who is disablcdby reason Of injuries received at
Saginaw Bay, Mich in the year 1855, while in
| employment of the United States on the lake
survey; TO pay 10 u. D. Duncan, of Russellvillc
| Ky.,.sSJ for property taken and used by the u
| s, army during the war
| WASHINGTON, March 1s-SENATE-Senato
Blackburn bill, for the rclie! Of Capt. l. B. Web
| stcr. OF Louisville, Ky, was adversely reported
and indefinitely postponed Senator Sherman'i
bill, TO provide for liking uniform standard oi
classification and grading of wheat, corn, oats
|
| amendment His bill for the relief OF Lorair
Ruggles was unfavorably reported. Senator
Sherman introduced to-day a bill increasing the
| pension paid TO Solomon Z. Holman 10 zoo pc,
| month.
HousE-The bill 10 pension Mary A. Beer
| bower. OF West Virginia, was favCrably re
| ported; Mr.. Capeharts (W. Va.) bill pcnsionin(
Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter. was favorably 70
| ported. Bills introduced: Paying 800 to Isaat
| Dewitt, OF Coshocton county, for money unlaw
| fully received from him by the military author
| tiles Of the United States: 10 pay the admins
| traitor OF the estate of f. d Tradway, late o.
| Owsley county Ky, 800 for horse taken by thu
| u 5. troops during the war; pcnsoning Israc
| B. Smith, late OF the l9lst regiment Virgins
! state troops: removing charges OF desertiol
| from the military record OF Robert L. Morrow
| late of Company B, Fourth West Virginia.
WASHINGTON, March I9--SESATE.-No bust
ness OF importance was transacted In the senate
| to-day.
HoUsE.-To-day's session was devoted 4
| euogics upon the late Senator Plumb. Mr.. j
| d. Taylor. Of Ohio, made an eloquent speech. il
| which he referred in beautiful Language 10 tht
life and work Of that distinguished senator. IN,
| other speakers were; Brodcrick, Funston, Otis
| Davis, Bartine, Cate Baker, Post, Youmans
| Wilson, of Missouri. and Caruth. Private bill:
| introduced by Mr. Holman. They were as fol
lows: To correct the military record o.
| VIM f. Burns, late OF company A. Sixty
eight Ind V, l.; 70 correct the military recore
OF John Dickson, late OF Company E, Firs
Kentucky Vol. cavalry; to pension Samue
| Trester, step-father of Clarence Ball, Of Com
| panv A, seventh Ind. V. l.: TO correct the mil
itary record Of John Faust, late OF Company Z,
| Fifty.;hirl Pennsylvania volunteers, who Is
charged with desertion: to pension Julia A
Wolf, widow OF Geo. A. Wolf, late Of Company
| E. Third T. s, artillery In the Mexican war; tt
| reimburse John Golfer late captain of Company
| II, 18Th Ind. volunteers, in the amount Of s2,7E
expended by him in recruiting his company
| WASHINGTON, March 2l.-SENATE-Senato:
Sherman presented large number OF petitions
numcrously signed by citizens Of Ohio urging
| legislation TO prevent the immigration OF pau
| pers and criminals, and favoring constitution
al amendment providing that no state shall
| grant the right of suffrage 10 anv person not
| citizen Of the United States. He also intro
iuccd an impor,ant' bill TO amend the act OF
June 20, 1875 which authorizes the appointment
| ofrcceiycrs of national banks
HousE-Petitions presented: Asking con.
gress TO prevent contracts discreditng the
legal tender currency. asking the United States
tocxtcnd relief 10 the famine stricken sufferers
ofRussia, and praying for restriction ofimmlgra
tion. Mr.. Cultivate succeeded in safely steer.
Ing the military appropriation hin through the
house. The only chances made were in the
shape Of a few small additions made on the
floor, at the suggestion Of Mr. o';rwai,c him.
self Mr.. Goodnight Of kentu~' made his
bow in the honsc as q speaker on the tarin
question.
Boilermakcrs Want Less Hours.
BosToN, March 81. The Boilcrmak.
ers' union at its meeting voted to
take decisive action in favor Of the re-
! duction of the working hours to nine
per day What this action may be,
however, is not yet divulged The
J union will vote in favor Of Chicago as
the place OF holding the next annual
convention Of the trade.
I -
An Old Coal Operator Dead
PITTsBUR6u Pa, March l9-Robert
NJ. Blackburn. the oldest coal operator
In Western Pennsylvania having been
In the business for fifty-seven years is
dead. The deceased was very wealthy,
and was known to rivermen from Pitts.
burgh to New Orleans.
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