Omaha daily bee., 1893-03-06

BLACK Hawk ana Seminole Indian wars to
increase the pension 10 veterans of the Mey-
lean war, the intermediate pension bill, the
eight-hour bill. for adjustment of pay of men
who have worked over time, to ensble the
president to enforce reciprocal canal ar
rangemcLts with Canada, to pension army
nurses, to increhse the pay of crews
at life saving stations the omnibus
lighthouse ana fog signal bill, to
amend the interstate commerce law
50 ds to meet the Gresham and Counselman
decisions, and correct other defects in it; TO
amend the law in reference to bills of ladinC,
so as to increase and make more clear the
responsibilities of transpOrters apprOpriat-
lug $4,000 for the preparation of site and
erection of pedestal for the sherman
statue; to establish a military board TO re-
view court martial findings: for the exam
inauon of the officers Of the marine corps,
ana to regulate promotions therein: for the
completion Of allotment Of lands to the Chcy-
enneS and Arapahoes TO make the secretary
OF agriculture eligible to the presidential
succession; to authorize the establishment
OF branch national bank on the Worlds
talr grounds; TO create the Califor-
MIA mining debris committee: the
poor suitors bill; to repeal the
life saving proectilc law 50 far
as concerns vessels navigating lakes. bays or
sounds exclusively; to enable the Centeu-
nial Board of Finance to wind up its affairs (;
10 increase the pay of privatCs in the hos
pital corps; TO permit enlisted men to be ex-
cics; TO accept the bequest of General Cul-
lom to the West Point academy: to give
commanding officers in the army the power
10 remit or mitigate the findings of summary
court martialS; to extend for two years the
time within which applications may be
made to remove the charges of dCsertiOn
against Mexican war veterans; terminating
reductions in the naval engineer corps; to
establish court of appeals H. the District
OF Columbia; to incorporate the Amcri-
r1rafr# slsft ~, l.
lish q military post near Little Rock Ark. {;
to provide for the collection and arrange
meutS of military records Of the revolution
ana war of lSl2; to authorize the secretary
OF the treasury to obtain designs from local
architects, who may also be employed to
superiutend their cons truction to authorize
the entry Of lands, chiefly valuable for build
ing stone, under the placer mining laws: to
admit duty free the wrecKage OF the Tren-
ton ana Nandalia presented to the king of
samoa; for the permanent preservation and
custody of the records of the volunteer
armies; to authorize the construction of
bridge across the Mississippi river near New
Orleans; to extend the seal protecting stat
utes to the north Pacific ocean, direct
ing the secretary OF war to Investigate
raft towing on the great lakes to amend the
general land grant for act of the last con
gress so that persons entitled to purchase
forfeited lands under that act may have four
years from the date of its passage; to pro
nigh seas, making important amendments in
the present laws; permitting suits to be
brought in the district courts and court of
claims against the United States for land
patents within six years of the date at which
rlTnt OF action accrued; for the trial in the
court of claims of charges of fraud alleged
against the We'll and Mexican awards and
establishing a stan lard guage for sheet and
plate iron and steel.
Much ApproprIa tion legislation
There was legislation effected on ap-
preparation bills, the most important being
as follows Closing the Worlds fair on
Sunday and granting, the fair S2,500, 900 in
souvenir half dollars authorizing the CON
structiOn of one new cruiser, and line of
battle ship and three gunboats: appropriat-
ing 100000 for expenses of the international
review prohibiting payments by govern
ment officers for transportation over nom
bonded branch lines owned by the Pacific
railroads, lines leased and operated by the
Union ana Central Pacific, not being in
cluded, however; abolition OF army contract
surgeons; making the action of second
auditor final on all pay, back pay and bounty
claims, except an appeal within six months
TO the comptroller; for the collection of rail
way export statistics; or the replacement Of
civilian Indian agents by army officers ex-
tensions of the contract system to a number
of important river and harbor points: the
Cherokee Outlet purchase; an appropriation
of SD, 900 for dry dock ut Algiers, La
The senate passed on two election contests
in favor of the sitting members, Dubois of
Idaho, and Call of Florida, the contestants
being CIaggett and DAVIDSON, respectively.
The house unseated Stewart, the republi-
can sitting member from the Pennsylvania
district and gave the place TO Craig
In the Rockwell contest from New
York it refused TO follow the recommenda-
tions of the elections committee that Rock
well, the democratic sitting member be un-
nH ~ VFan nifna 40. Il
RoCkwel's title.
In the case of McDufy against Turpin of
Alabama Reynolds VS. Schonk, and Greevy
VS. Scull of Pennsylvania, and Miller and
Elliott from South Carolina, the elections
committee reported in favor of the sitting
members
Bills That Failed.
Among the senate bills not heretofore
mentioned which failed in the house were
the following: Authorizing the secretary
of the navy to transport rLtlOns to the Rus
sian famine sufferers; extending the free
delivery of mail to small towns TO increase
the pension for loss of limbs and also GER
tain cases of death; to establish Il marine
harbor for the advancement of the interests
of the merchant marine for a uniform
standard of classification of grains author
izing surveys for ship canals to connect
Lake Erie and the Ohio river and Philadel-
phia and New York; several maritime bills
maritime conference; to exempt American
cOast-sai!ing vessels from state compulsory
pilotage fees a Mississippi levee bill; to
reorganize the artillery and infantry service ;
declaring phosphate lands to be mineral; to
reclassify the salaries OF railway postal
clerks; to create national highway COM
mission Ga good roads bilD; TO exempt vetcr-
ans from competitive examinations in the
classified service.
Among the house bills not previously men
TONED, which failed to pass the senate were
the following For the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona TO statehood the New
York and New Jersey bridge bill to provide
local governor for Utah; to correct a cler-
ical error in the Mckinley bill
making chocolate dutiable as confection-
cry; TO promote the safety Of
national banks by forbilding loans to
bank employees, failed in conference, the
senate lacking on an amendment TO permit
national banks to issue circulation TO the
full par value of bonds deposted)y to define
and punish blackm Iiiing; forbidding dis
elimination against the evidence of wit
nesses on account Of Official rank in applica-
tion for pensiOns several bills amending the
court fees; for the relief of settlers on unsur-
veled government lands, within certain
railway grants; To regulate the education
and citizenship of indians TO establish lineal
promotions in the army, failed in confer
ence); abollshing minimum punishment in
internal revenue cases: making citizens of
Indians 2l wears of npp who have attend ed