Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-30
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS


ton bill was considered Mr.. PETERS
amendment, directing the secretary
| Of the interior to provide temporary
schools for Indian children cut on from school
| facilities by the closing OF the sectarian
schools, adopted The joint resolution
| for the appointment of Gen. Franklin, Repre-
| sentative Steele, Gen Beal md Gen. Hender-
/ son members of the board OF managers Of
| the National Soldiers home. adopted
| without debate
| HoUsE-The general deficiency bill. the last
| Of the regular appropriations, was taken up
I In committee OF the whole and passed The
| indemnity to the Enghsbman Frederick Daw-
son, his wife and daughter for injuries infiict-
/ ed in Nebraska. ordered paid
A favorable report to the house was
made on Congressman FentOn's bill to grant
| an honorable discharge to John *. Dixon, Of
| Portsmouth. q The ways and means COM
mittee Of the house favorably reported the bill
| to permit the entry free of duty on exhibits
| and laborers for the Nashville. Tenn, EXPOSE
| ton. and also Mr. Adams bill to permit the
return to the United States. free Of duty. of
| articles or live stock sent abroad for exhibit
| in foreign eXpositions
| wAsHINGToN. April @2-SESkTE-The SEN
ate spcn, the day on the Indian appropriation
| bin, but did not complete IT, The sec
| tartan school question was taken up
late in the day, Senators Gallinger.
| Thurston and Teller opposing, and Sem
| the amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell,
extending for two years the time for the
entire abandonment of sectarian Indian
schools
| HoUsE-The house Tuesday unseated James
| T. Cobb (dem) }, representing the Fifth Ala
bama district. and voted-I2l to 45-to seat Al
| bert T. Goodwin (pop.), but the point OF no
quorum being made the house adjourned
with the final vote still pending An eff
| fort made to hH Tuesday, Wedncs-
day and Thursday OF next week for
debate on the bankruptcy bill, but IL
was unsuccessful Mr.. Pickler's general PEN
sion bill will be brought up Wednesday and
the debate will probably run until Friday.
WASHINGTON, April 23-SESATE-The SEN
ate Wednesday disposed OF the sectarian
school question by adopting q compromise
! framed by Senator Cockrell OF Missouri
The Indian bill as IL came from the
house, provided that no money herein
appropriated shall be paid for education
| in sectarian schools " This provision is
! struck out by the COckrell amendment rs
| adopted and II is declared TO be the settled
| policy of the government to make no appro-
| priations for sectarian schools after July 1,
| 1895 thus giving two years for the abandon
ment of sectarian schools. instead Of an imme-
diate abandonment The amendment was
adopted by the decisive vote Of 81 to "a
HoUsE-The house entered upon the con-
sideration of the general PENSION bill, re-
ported from the invalid pension committee
| The bill amends existing laws In several re-
spects 1t makes presumption OF death of an
enlisted man exist IL no tidings have been
had Of him for seven years: 1t provides
that desertion dishonorable dismissal
shall not be bar to pension under the
| act of 1880 IL the enlisted man had served
| ninety days subsequent to such discharge: 1t
provides that pensions allowed shall date from
their first application: IL fixes the maximum
income OF n widow entitled to q pension under
the act OF 1890 at $500 per annum; il provides
that no pension shall be reduced or discontin-
ued except for fraud or recovery from DISABLE
! ity, and that discontinued pensions, when re-
considered and reallowed, shall date from
their discontiuance
WASHINGTON. April 2t-SENATE-The In
dian appropriation bill was taken up In the
senate. the question being ON Mr.. Platt's
amendment to terminate the tribal relations
of the Indians and divide their lands
In severalty After amendment
by Mr.. walthall dem. Missy had been
ruled out OF order the bill passed. The sundry
civil appropriation bill was taken up with the
agreement that It should not displace, except
temporarily. the bond resolution. Messrs.
Pettigrew, Teller and Cockrell were named as
conferees on the Indian bill
HoUsE-The house renewed consideration
of the Picker general pension bill No other
business transacted The house COM
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