The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-07-19
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
SECOND sesslon.


Dill as follows: For completing Sioux City
In, public building. so5.000 For making fire.
proof all parts OF the Davenport. H., public
building. $25,00o. Extending the appropriation
for the public building o. TT. Worth, Tex. s40.
oU. Senator Sherman introduced petition
from J. Il. Cory. coal merchant Of Pitts.
ourgh. praying for the passage of law to pun
ish leaders Of lnbor organizations for obstrecs-
Ing the civil process Of stste and national on.
thor;ty, and also declaring 1t unlawful for
capitalists to enter into combinations for mo-
nopoly
HoUsE-Thc h5use committee on military
affairs has recommended Mr. Ritchie's bill ap.
propriating ae0,500 fo- the purchase of sites
and erection OF monuments ut Put-in-Boy bur-
fal ground. Fl. Industry. Mcgs. Miami. Def
0nee, Wayne and the battlefield of Fallen
T1mbers Representative Draper (Mnss.) Of
fercd resolution Monday directing the COM
mittcc on military affairs TO inquire what In
crease. II any, should be made In the army OF
the United states. The resolution was re.
fered TO tho committee on military nnairs.
WASHINGTON, July qi.-SESArE-Mr. PETER
spop., Kan.) made most remarkable speech
in the senate Tuesday In speaking OF the labor
trouble He prophcsied trouble. and called at
tention TO the public danger, making the start.
ling declaration that he would not only abolish
the senate, but would second on effort TO abol.
ish the house OF representatives for Its defense
OF monopolies and have the country governed
by one man from each stdte. This sensational
utterance, which capped the climax OF q long
incendiary speech. made the. few senators
who remained In tho chamber look OF one
another in establishment. When Senator Davis
made his speech there was gathering upon
the floor and In the galleries to hear the words
OF the Minnesota statesman. He had not Spok-
en- over n minute when Senator PETER was on
his feet attempting to deny that he had dc.
tended the Chicago mob. Senator Davis would
not be interrupted, and the Kansas populist
was forced to listen to an analysis OF his
ideas
HoUsE-No business OF importance trans
acted Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, July 12-SENATE-Three OF
the annual appropriation bills were passed by
the Senate Wednesday, practically without
discussion and with little more consumption of
time than that occupied by the clerk in read
Ing them. They were tho diplomatic and con-
sular, the invalid pension and the military
academy bills. The pension bill appropriated
O round $3.50 100000. Mr.. Daniels introduced 4
resolution indorsing the executive in his
prompt and vigorous measures to repcl and re-
pulse the interference OF lawlesS men with the
due process OF the laws OF the United States.
with the transportation OF the mails and with
president and his administration has the full
sympathy and support OF the law abiding
masses OF the people and will be supported by
oil the departments OF the government and by
the resources Of the entire mutton.
HoCsE-Thc democratic conforees on the
tariff bill continued thoir session Wednesday.
No agreement was reached on any OF the
schedules passed In review by them. for the
reason that the sugar trust. whisky trust,
oil OF nd a.
mand that their interests shall.be taken care
Of. The declaration has been made that un-
less the senate amendments are agreed to, no
tariff bill can be passed, and the house con-
fcrecs find themselves faced with stone wall
that appears insurmountablc.
WASHINGTON. July 13.-SENA4E-T Thursday
the army and fprtiflea,i9n bills we're passed
and progress made on the river and harbor hill
Chose still on the calendar are the District OF
Columbia, Indian, legislative, sundry, OWL,
agriculture aud general deficiency. An amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation bill was
presented by Mr.. Henderson Or, EeO.l, and
referred to the committee on appropriations, to
pay to the families OF the twenty clAn:xs who
lost their lives through the falling OF Ford's
Theatcr binding $1,000 each. The army bill
being under consideration. Mr. Mills d.. Tex.(
moved to strike out the paragraph requiring
vacancies in tho pay department to DO filled
from the next lowest grade in the line OF the
army. Adopted.
HoUsE-The house Thursday passed on even
dozen bills Of general character and agreed to
senate amendments to two others These lot
ter were the more important, being the bill to
provide Cor the admission OF Utah into the
Union ana the post office appropriation bill for
the year ending Juno 30, 1893 They now 90 to
the president for his signature. and II he acts
promptly the post office bill will be the first TO
become law. Eleven OF the thirteen bllls
were reported from the committee on foreign
affairs Most OF them were to authorize naval
officers to receive decorations and medals pre-
sented by foreign countries In recognition oil
various services: others were directing the
secretary OF state to accept for the United
States the picture, Love and Life, from Ii.
f. Watts royal acadcmician, and to distribute
the Virgnus award
WASHINGTON. July l4.-SENATE.-tIai,aI uts-
ton OF Senator BricG the spnnte Friday after
noon decided to increase the appropriation for
Surveying the proposed ship canals In ONO
from $4,000 to $4,000. The bill. when 1t went
70 the senate. carried $4,000 for this survey.
The sen.te committee cut it to 10000. There
upon Mr.. Brice undertook TO restQrS ting
amount and partially succeedet AZ fRe item
stands several proposed routes VIII be sur
ycycd. The chief thing done by the senate was
most completion of the legislative executive
and judicial appropriation bill,
HousE-Beyond adopting the report OF tho
conferees UNION the bill making appropriations
for the payment of pensNns FOR thp Ecar cnd-
ing Juno &c. 1904, THO house accomplished nut
little business, and that only OF preliminary
nature The entire session OF the day was
spent IN consideration of measures on the pri-
yate calendar. Two OF them. one known as
1.-The omnibus resolution recommending
bulk of thirty-sevcn claims, amounting to
81 Ol0 ono to the court OF claims for investiga-
ton. were ordered to be reported to the house
unfayorably One bill was given favorable
recommendation. and the rest OF the session
was occupied In discussing Il fourth
WASHINGTON. July 1G.-SENATE.-No bust
ness OF importance was transacted Saturday
Senator Allen, the Nebraska popu.tst, rose t9
a question of personal privilege: He Sala that,
having been absent from the city until Friday,
he mad not Seen the report published In some
newspapers representing him as having pon=
mitted misconduct while under the influence
of Intoxicating liquors. The statement was,
he suid. absolutely false. There WIS not
shadow of excuse for II. 1t was on untruthful
statement
Houss.-The greater part OF Saturdays pro-
ceedings in the house were given over to eulo-
gies to the late Representative George w.
Hork. of Dayton. o. Mr.. Sorg, the successor OF
the dead congressman. delivered most feel
Ing address. Congressman Pearson has Sc
cured tho passage OF q bin appronrintsne scc9
to compensate Matthew s. Priest OF Steuben=
vile, O., for services rendered py him for the
government OF the United States from MARCH
Is TO August %, 1868. "a an engineer on the
steamers Silver Wave and Moderator in pass
Ing the batteries of vic&sburs, Warrenton ana
Grand Gulf, and for repairing the steamers.
This claim has been pending several COLI