Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-05-04
'FIFrY-sECoND CONGRESS,


Wheeler 10 be postmaster mt Bedford. O No
business OF importance WAS transacted
HousE-R Representative Storcr introduced
bill authorizing the president TO confer with
other nations. preferably the Latin Union, In re-
gard To the establishment OF bi-fnetnllism aud
the establishment of an international ratio be-
tween gold and silver looking TO the coinage OF
both metals on parity. Representative w. ].
Stone ky)- introduced bill referring tho
claims known AZ tho Pnducnh claims OF John IL.
Williamson. admins traitor OF the estate Of John
j. Thompson. deceased. and other citizens OF Pa
ducah. Ky, To the court of claims. Mr.. Will
son tky.) introduced n bill amending the milf.
tary record OF James J. Howard deceased lntc
captain Company T., Forty ninth Ky. V. l.. and
bill for the relief OF Jos. X Jones. postmaster
at Barboursville, Knox county. Ky, paying him
Sss, for stamps destroyed by fire Mr.. Walker
(Mnss.), caused IA great deal OF amusement on
the floor OF the house by his speech in defense
OF his action In printing in the Record. as part
OF his remarks that article headlincd. "Hot
Shot for Mugwumps"
WASHINGTON. April ss-SsSArr-The sub
stitutc reported from the committee on foreign
relations for the house bin "to absolutely pro-
hibit the coming OF Chinese persons into the
United states, was agreed 10 by the senate
yeas e. nays a. The substitute extends the
present laws for ten years. Joint resolution
introduced by Mr.. sherman, authorizing the
president TO request the governments OF Mexico,
OF Central and South America. OF Hayti. Santo
Domingo and the Kingdom OF Hawaii TO send
Official delegates To the Pan-Amcrican medical
congress. which meets in this city September o.
q, Z and 8, 1903
HousE-Mr. Plat moved 20 amend the sub
stitutc so rs 10 exclude from the anti-Chincsc
laws TO be extended for ten years the Scott cx-
clusion act OF 1883 The amendment was re-
jcctcd. Yeas 9. nays As. Personal matters oc-
cupicd the attention OF the house again to-day
Should or should not Mr.. Walkers unspoken
remarks dcriding his colleagues Mcssrs. Will
INNS and HOnr "A ssMpUxvttrnno m "a,
Record During the nlibustering the qucs-
ton Mr. Richardson (renn), moved call OF
the house call of the house was ordered and
20 members responding. further proceedings
were dispensed with, and tho vote required on
the motion for recess. This was lost, but, as
no quorum voted, the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April e6-SsNArE-Tho sen.
ate committe on military Affairs, i'm reporting
adversely today through senator Henderson
upon the bill proposing TO give Sergeant Thos
OHarter, OF Company 1. First Indiana cavalry.
$4,000 and gold medal for scout and spy serv-
ices under Gen Franz Sigcl, says: "Your com
mttce has reached the conclusion that Hartcr
should have made application at tho time 10
those who had personal knowledge OF all tho
facts, and not left IL to congress TO vote lump
sum quarter OF century more after the
war had ended. There was during the war; al
ways nj the disposal OF the quartcrmastcr.gen-
cr'i, fund available to pay and lquidate per
sons who performed services rs spies and
son9lly cognizant OF this fact and OF the pctl.
toner's work TO compensate him therefor"
HousE-The deadlock which has existed
slice last week over the resolution to expungc
from the Congressional Record Congressman
walkers mugwump speech was temporarily
broken to-day, the republicans permitting the
resolution 20 bc laid aside, and consenting 10
the consideration OF the diplomatic appropria-
ton bill The issue has not been dropped how
over, us the republicans intend TO renew IL
whenever the resolution is again taken up.
WASHINGTON, April e.-SRNArr-Senator
Voorhees, introduced n bill for the relief OF
David II. Moore. late captain Company ID, Six.
teenth Iowa v l.. and late first sergeant Troop
Il, Seventh u. = cavalry, and acting ser
geantmajor Seventh u. = cavalry, paying him
fifty dollars per month Senator PETERS bill
granting Sergeant T. O. Hinton. Company /,
First Indiana cavalry, 10000 and gold medal,
Tor losses and services which, In July and Au.
gust, 1862 saved Pope's army and the National
capital from capture by Lees army. was ad-
vcrsely reported.
HOUSE Bills introduced: Appropriating scs,.
600 for the erection OF u monument 10 William
Henry Harrison. the grandfather of President
Harrison. a. North Bend. o.: approprlating
s2ooO0 for the erection OF "A monument at Putin.
Bay o. commemorative of Com Oliver Haz.
Yard Perry, and those who were with him in the
battle OF Lake Erie; correcting the naval record
OF w. s. Fox, late landsnan on the U. s. steam.
Mrs. Anna kcrstine, OF Cleveland, for patent
granted In 1873, 90 Harry G. Kcrstine on an i'm.
provemcnt on CRATE bars: 10 remove the charge
OF dcsertion from the military record OF James
zimmerman. deceased, late q private In Com
pany Il, Eighty-sccond O. ". l.
wAsHrSGroS, April 2s.-SESArE-Nothing of
general interest was transacted in 90 senate
to-day.
Representative Stone, of Kentucky,
reported favorably to-day his bill for the relief
OF J. G. shelby, OF Carlisle, KY, paying him
H,ffO for stores taken during the war. The
house committee on banking and currency be-
gan the invcs tigntion ordered by the Mutchler
resolution into the failure OF the Keystone and
Spring Garden national banks OF Philadelphia
The house committee on railways and canals
authorized favorable report on the bill appro
priating 10000 to pay the expenses OF survey
OF route for u ship canal TO connect the waters
OF Lake Erie from point or near Erie. Pa,
with the Ohio river at or near Pittsburgh. Tho
house committee on public buildings and
grounds ordered favorable reports OF the follow
ing public building bills: Henderson. Ky, $780,
900; Logansport Ind, 10000; Mansfield o.,
sb. GOO
wAsmNGroN April eo-SESATE-N Nothing
OF Importance transacted.
HousE-warrants were issued Thursday for
sixteen absentees NJ Thursdays session
| Twelve Of them were served and the delinquents
were cited To appear to-day 10 answer. The re-
calcttrants were Messrs. Bowers Cali, Dcmp-
/ scy (N. ", Ellis dxy), Harter (OD, Hemphill
| Mcdonald, Meredith Va), Pichier. Randall,
| Stackovor Tracy ana Warwick. Each gave an
excuse which was accepted Representative
| Bailey (rcN) has prepared and introduced In
| the house an amendment To the rules which, n
adopted. will assure q large attendance OF mem
bers at the daily sessions OF the house and ro-
| lieve That body from the embarrassment from
| which 10 has suffered lately. The amendment
directs the serReant-at-arms 20 withhold. at the
| end Of each month, the pay OF member until
/ he files with the scrgcantat alarms written
statement that he has not been unnecessarily
absent from the house during the preceding
| month.
The Blue Grass Blade Dead.
PARIS. KY. April 29.-Editor c. C.
| Moore in jail here to-day ordered this
.Isf 80, Il a.. III. So. rtf.-r