Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
CONGRESS-.
TUESDAY, JAN. 19.

SENATE-Ihe first paper presented was
a report from the secretary Of state lin
reply to q, senate resolution) as to the
Mexican awards under the convention of
1868 Secretary Blaine's report gives the
full amount of the awards as So, 865, goo,
all of which had been paid by Mexico
IN fourteen annual instaliments, in per-
feet accordance with the terms of the
convention. These bills were passed:
Appropriatipg $4,000 for a post
Office building at Mammoth Hot
Springs in the Yellowstone
National park; to aid South Dakota to
support school of mines at Rapid City,
Pennington coun7y; appropriating $780,
600 for a public building at Hastings,
Neb appropriatiug $4,000 to increase
accommodations of the marine hospital
at Detroit, Mich appropriating 100000
for public building in Mansfield, O.; APP
proprlating S250000 for public build
ing at Norfolk, Neb.; appropriating S75,-
600 for public building at Jacksonville,
Ind; appropriating 100000 for a public
building at Fergus Fails, MINI, and APP
propriating 100000 for public building
at GAINESVILLE, O.
HoUsE-The house resumed the con.
sideration of the bill providing for the
public printing and binding of and the
distribution of public documents and it
was killed.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20.
HoUsE.-The following bills were in
trojuced: By Mr.. Platt to enable New
Mexico to form constitution and state
government and be admitted into the
union; by Mr. HawIey to purchas sites for
notifications at the eastern entrance of
Long Island sound; by Mr.. Washburn, de-
fning options and futures and imposing
special taxes. Public building bills were
passed rs follows: Grand Haven, Mich,
$50 600; Deadwood. S. D., $500, 900; Dover.
n. H., 500, 900; Saltwater. Mimi, $780,
900; Providence, R. l., S300,008; Salem,
Oregon, 100000. Dalles, Oregon, 500 :
600; fresno, Cal, $4,000
HoUsE.-A resolution offered by Mr.
Stone (Kentucky), asking for statistics of
trade with San Domingo and Port Rico,
was agreed to; bills were introduced as
follows: by Mr.. Deliver 0owa) for the
relief of settlers on the Des Moines river
lands; by Mr.. Springer for free wool and
reduced duties On wooden goods; a resolu
ton was adopted filing the vacancies in
the regents Of the Smithsonian institution
by appointing William P. Johnson of
Louisiana vice Noah Porter, deceased; }.
B. Henderson of Washington vice Nj. G.
Meigs, deceased, and Henry Coppee of
Pennsylvania reappointed
THURSDAY, JAN. q.
SENATE-In the senate to-day several
bills of minor Importance were introduced.
The committee on commerce reported
favorably the senate bill to establish
marine board Mr.. Stanford addressed
the senate in support of the bill for a
circulating medium based OIL land mort
cages.
HoUsE-The portraits of Messrs. Grow
and Randall were presented to the house.
Presentation speeches were made by c.
W. Stone, of Pennsylvania, and Holman,
of Indiana. The following bills were in
troduced: By Mr.. Stevenson, of Michi-
gan, appropriatino S275, 900 to build two
revenue cutters for use on the lakes; by
Mr.. Bland, for free coinage Of gold and
silver; also for public buildings at Ster-
ling and Dixon, H.; by Mr.. Harvey, of
Oklahoma, appropriating SIS 900 to ccr-
plete the allotment Of lands to The Chey-
enne and Arapahoe Indians in Oklahoma.
Mr.. Catchings reported the new code of
rules, which was ordered printed.