Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-31
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

NASh1NGIOG NO1ESs
TIE senate committee on pensions
Endorsed a resolution, which Senator
Palmer will introduce in the senate,
extending the provisions of the act of
June 81, 1890, the dependent pension
act, to the officers and privates of the
Missouri state militia and the provision
al Missouri militia which served ninety
days during the war, and the other
widows and minor children. The deci-
sion affects about 10, 900 pensioners
SENATOR PLATT has given notice of
an amendment, which he proposes to
offer to the sundry civil bill, ''that
homestead settlers on the Shawnee,
Pottawatomie and Cheyenne and Ara
pahoe Indian lands in Oklahoma ter
ritory be granted an extension of two
years within which to make the first
payment provided for in the act of
March 8, 1891, and such payment be
made at any time within five years
from the date of entry
GEN. JAMES n. BETHUNE, former
owner of Blind Tom and ex-solicitor-
general of Georgia, was seriously i'll at
Washington on the 22d. His great age,
81 years, made his family fear the
worst.
JUDGE LOCHREN, commissioner of
pensions, has given orders that no
members of the Missouri state militia
shall be dropped from the pension rolls
pending action of congress, already be-
gun to perfect the law, which recent
decision of the interior department de-
clared did not entitle the ex-militiamen
of that state to pensions under the gen.
eral disability act.
A BILL. was introduced into congress
to incorporate a railroad from New
York to San Francisco.
THE house committee on election of
president and vice president on the 23d
agreed to report a joint resolution
amending the constitution so as to pro-
vide that the president shall be eligible
to service but one term. There was
one dissenting vote.
SENATOR SQUIRE has introduced as a
substitute for the free coal bill sent to
the senate by the house last session a
bill levying an internal revenue tax of
So per barrel on beer.
THE petition of John G. Moore Cor a
mandamus against Commissioner Mil
Ger to prevent the collection of the in
come tax was overruled in the equity
court at Washington. The case will
be appealed to the United States SUI
preme court.
SENATOR MARTIN was preparing gen
eral bill to cover the interests of the
various western states in the public
domain as set forth in the law to allow
S per cent of the public lands in each
of the states to be used for educational
purposes. It is observed that this bill
will give to Missouri about $500, 900
and to Kansas about So, 900, 600.
AHrrTuuU - Ioo
been appointed Danish consul for the
states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Missouri, Colorado, Montana, the
Dalotas. Wyoming and Utah
THE president gave his annual state
dinner at the white house to the diplo-
matte corps on the oath.
A BUNDLE of papers was sent over
from the white house to the depart
ment of justice on the gath. They
proved to be petitions from people liv-
ing in the Third judicial district of Ok
1ahoma asking that Justice Scott be re-
moved from office. The new petitions
show over 300 names and they had been
sent direct to the president.
THE civil service examinations to be
held throughout the country during
the first six months of the year have
been arranged by the commission
Among the dates are: April 81, Spring
field, Mo-; April 80, Kansas City, Mo-;
April 5, Salina, Kan: April 8, Wichita,
Kan; April 10. Oklahoma.
SENATOR MORGAN has taken up the
matter of a court bill for the Indian
territory and will add to the Indian
appropriation bill those provisions con-
tanned in what is known as the Maddox
bill, which takes all jurisdiction in
cases in the Indian territory from the
courts at Fort Smith, Ark, and Paris,
Tex, and creates three new judgeships
in the territory and six places for hold
ing court. These three judges and
Judge Parker, of Fort Smith, are also
to constitute supreme court.
SENATOR PLATT has offered an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill-a pro-
vision that homestead settlers on
absentee Shawnee, Pottawatomie,
Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands in III
dian territory be granted extension OF
two years in which to make first pay
ment.
GENERAL NEWS.
HoRsETHIEvEs have been making a
wholesale raid in Tinco1O Pauno md