The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-08-17
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


The house committee on judiciary
mas agreed to report against the ad-
mission of Japanese to citizenship. A
bill introduced by Mr.. Everett, of Mis-
sissippi. providing that section 2169, of
the revised statutes, shall not operate
TO exclude japanese from -naturaliza-
fion, was called up. The sentiment of
the committee seemed to be agains.
any enlargement of naturalization pa
pers and the bill failed.
THE democratic conferees on the tar
iff bill on the Sth were said to have
agreed on basis of compromise. Iron
ore was to be made free, while coal was
to be made dutiable. A 40 per cent. ad
valorem duty was to be put on new
sugar, 40 per cent. on the value of the
raw sugar in the refined and is of a
cent differential on refined sugar.
REPRESENTATIVE BRYAN, of Nebras-
ka, has petition bearing 10000 sigma
lures for an investigation of the course
taken by yAttorney-General Olney dur
ing the recent strike, looking to his
impeachment.
THE president approved the act re-
Gently passed by congress requiring
railroads in the territories running
over right-of-way granted by the gov
ernment to establish stations at all
town sites established by the interior
department.
REPREsENTATIE FOREMAN, from the
committee on agriculture, has made
favorable report on the bill to make
oleomargarine and all other imitation
dairy products subject to the laws of
the state or territory into which they
are transported.
A ALETrER of personal congratulation
and greeting from President Cleveland
in the name of the citizens of the
United States is on the way from
Washington to President Dole, of the
Hawaiian republic. The recognition
of the new republic was finally decided
and the message was framed and mailed
on the sth through the regular chan
nels.
CHAIRMAN HATCH, of the house COM
mittee on agriculture, has reported
favorabl on the bill to prevent the
adulteration and misbranding of foods
and drugs. The accompanying report
states that the adulteration of foods
has reached alarming extents. 1t
urges that the bill overcomes the evil
without creating an army of food and
drug experts.
The report of the Indian Office on the
Kickapoo lands has been completed
and all that remains for the interior
department to do in the premises is for
the secretary to approve the report be-
fore the lands are opened to settlement
on the day fixed by the president, Civ
ing at least thirty days notice. 1t is
believed generally by interior depart
ment officials that the formal prelimi-
naries will be completed in season to
permit the opening of the lands in
about six weeks.
THE conferees on the immigration
bill met on the 9th and adjourned with
out reaching any agreement. The diff
ferences are wide since Senator Hills
bill, most of which relates to the eX-
clusion of anarchists, and bears little
resemblance to the measure introduced
by Representative Stone, of Pennsyl-
vania, for consular inspection of immi-
grants abroad, for which the anarchist
bill is a substitute.
THE president has approved the bills
10 provide for the adjustment of the
claim of the American Transportation
Co. for dredging at Fairport harbor,
o., and granting a military reservation
for public schools at Oklahoma City,
Ok.
CHAIRMAN CULBERsoN, of the house
Judiciary committee, announced Repre-
sentatives Bailey, Lane and Broderick
rs the committee to investigate the
charges against Judge Kicks.
CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH E. WASHING
TON, of Tennessee, in an interview said
the house would finally accept the SEN
ate tariff bill. as it had become appar-
ent that if the bill was sent back to
the senate with change by the con-
5erees tina the senate would kill it.