The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-16
Notes

Note.
Among the bills introdr..,
mousse yesterday was one ann n The
ane construction OF bridge acro. l.ng
tennessee river 'oSS The
Representative Holman .,
mas peen suffering from bad cola aaa
the last few days and was sou uoia Tor
10 leave the capitol YESTERDAY rs.
tne vote was taken on the banl,, vv.0fe
bill. 'ankruptcy
The receipts from interna, ,.
yesterday was sa9s, l46; from cp,,o uae
So-''sSo, and miscellaneous. s,m ,a
The national bank notes rece;vaa ''@
terday for redemption amour, 'eS ,
s5l3,O77. 0uns to
The house judiciary commits.
mas reported bill nrov;J;S
lot extending the act for ~
settlement of the captured and aban
doned property war claims. The
a fund of $1,000, 900 in the tra,sn.'
which would be immediately afo...S
by the extension of the nbandonss
property act. The legislation recon
mended will receive further attent;o-
The subcommittee of the han,
ing and currency committee :.
the repeal of the 10 per cav,
tax on state bank Circulation
ported this morning to the full cam
miitee bill which provides that issna
OF currency by other than nation.
banks shall be under the Direct
OF the Comptroller of the Cu,
rency and shall be limited in amount
The full committee will not act on n,
measure Immediately. but in time viii
eport the bill to the house.
The statement published h,,
.he estimate for appropriatiou,
py congress, at this session an
10000 short of those askel
last year, is misleading. Th,
apparent reduction is made by The
omission of Sll 900, 600 for payment Of
sugar bounties, which should not have
been omitted, as the bounty laws
still on the statute books. and is DR.,
posed to be retained by the.Wilson bill |
Had this = been included as it should
have been, the estimates would have
been greater than last year
The Presidents message on Hawaiian
Will lie sent to congress next week
Public Printer Palmer, through the
secretary of the treasury. in com
munication to the house, estimates I
that there will be deficiency of SEN.
600 in the appropriation for the pres
ent fiscal year.
A joint resolution was passed byI
both house and senate authorizing The
secretary of war to permit the use Of
the monument and other grounds dur.
inr the Pythian encampmcnt August;
1894.
The senate has passed the house bill
20 amend the act of Sept. 90, 1890, to|
forfeit lands granted TO railroads by
extending the time within which per.
sons entitled TO purchase lands for
feited shall be permitted to purchase
AT any date prior to Jan. /, 1896.
Representative McAleer Of Penrsyl-|
vania wants the statute of limitations
waived in any suit that may beI
brought by a laborer, workman. or|
mechanic in the court of claims against
the United States to recover wages|
hour law, and introduced bill to this
effect.
The statue of Gen. James Shields
presented to congress by thsl
state of Illinois and unveiled inI
Statuary hall yesterday, stands
in the southwest corner OF tha4
portion of the old capitol which
was once the hall OF the|
house of representatives. TheI
statue is bronze military fgur
of heroic size on granite pedestal. on
the front of which are the words;
"Gen. James Shields, warrior, jurist
statesman" On the other three sides|
are the arms of Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri-states which Shields
successfully represented in the senate
The hall during the ceremony OF un
yelling was crowded with senators
representatives. newspaper men, men
and women. Standing room was al
premium. The ceremonies began WITH
a brief speech by William II. Condor
of the statue commission. He told OF
the object of the assembling and In
troduced Miss Katherine Shields tne
generals daughter, who pulled a string
and the flag which covered the oronN'
fell aside and revealed the statue
Then Gov. Altgeld was Introduce,
lie briefly reviewed the military any
civil career of the dead genera in
most eloquent manner.
Gov Altgeld was followed by T.
O'Donnell of Georgetown college, why
recited The Sword of Cerro Goruo'
Other addresses were made by 'oV
Knute Nelson of Minnesota, JONI
Tarnscy of Missouri, Lieut-ooV
Wares of Pennsylvania. and Sena'o'
Turpic of Indiana.
Going to Chicago to Fight Gomper~
DENVER, Colo. Dec. o.-Senator n'"
ilton Armstrong leaves for Chicae
to-day to attend the annual con'en
ton of the American Federation