The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-04-16
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS



ing the widow Of the late Gen. John M Thayer
At 500 per month; pensloning the widow OF
Gen Charles A. Hickman at 30 per MONTH TO
provide for the continuance in ONCE Of customs
oflcers and assistant treasurers until success.
sors shall have been appointed and quali-
fed bill was favorably eported to the
senate to prevent Wholesale divorces In the
territories by requiring one years residence
before application for divorce bill provid-
ing for an additional circuit Judge in the Sixth
circuit has been favorably reported to the sen.
ate. Bills introduced: To grant honorable dis.
charge to Alfred Burgess; to increase pen.
sions of Jesse G. Yocum, Mrs Henrietta Blk
Ter and VIM. A. Brown
HousE-The senate Cuban resolutions passed
the house Monday by vote OF 244 to "a. The
announcement was greeted with u great dem
onstration on the floor, which was taken up by
the galleries. The house also passed
the river and harbor appropriation bill
without o change in the items relating
to improvements In Ohio Indiana,
Kentucky. Tennessee and West Virginia Bills
introduced: To increase the pension Of John H.
kerch. 81th Ohio infantry, to $50 per month;
to pension VIM. S. Pratts at &12 per month: to
reimburse Richard Porter, of Carlisle county,
KY, for property taken from him by federal
forces: to pension John w. Church at s72 per
month.
WASHINGTON. April a-SENArE-The post
office appropriation bill, which has engrossed
the attention Of the senate for almost a week,
passed Tuesday. The consolidation Of post
offices was bitterly opposed. The committee
amendment appropriating $4,000 addi-
tional for mails from San Fran
cisco to New Zealand and New
South Wales. via Honolulu. was adopted. Mr..
Brice placed before the senate Tuesday petit.
lion Of the chamber of commerce of Cincin-
natl praying for the creation OF department
Of commerce and manufactures. Mr. Sher-
man also laid before the senate a memorial
1lAs 80 t.
the introduction Of military training in the
public schools.
HoUsE-The house spent the day debating o
bill to fix the standard Of weights and meas
ures by the adoption Of the metric system on
and after July I. 1893, and o proposition that
the government share with the District
Of Columbia the expense Of creating and
maintaining public library in the city
Of Washington. The latter was defeated 1l3
to 1877, and the fate Of the metric system bill
still hangs in the balance On rising vote it
was defeated, 65 to 3d. but Mr. G w. Stone
pa }. chairman Of the committee on coinage,
weights and measures secured the yeas and
nays, and pending roll-call the house ad.
journed
WASHINGTON, April 9-SENATE--A bill pro-
viding penalties for trespassing on the Chiok-
amauga and Chattanooga Military park
broadened to apply to all national military
parks, was reported. Senator Allen intro
duced bill Wednesday providing for the
restoration Of the names Of widows of soldiers
to the pension rolls after the death of the Sec
ond husband, who by reason of q second marri.
age have been dropped from the pension rolls
Mr. Sherman gave notice that he would
ask at an early date to talks DIP the treaty pro-
viding a commission to consider the Behring
sea seizure claims. The act originating in the
senate to authorize the leasing Of lands for ed
ucational purposes in Arizona Wednesday be-
came q law without the presidents approval
no = fbo f,,di NJ.
ary Wednesday completed its work upon the
bankruptcy bill and decided to report the
bill to the house this week This measure Is
based upon the old Torrey bill The senate
committee on foreign relations failed to reach
a conclusion as to the Hawaiian cable question
Wednesday. The house committee on labor
Wednesday heard Mr.. Corliss, Of Michigan, who
advocated the passage o. his bill provided that
all persons employed by the United States, or
by any contractor or sub-contractor doing
work for the United States or the District of
Columbia, must be full citizens Of the United
States. Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation Of Labor spoke.
WASHINGTON. April 10-SENArE-The sem
ate committee on commerce decided to take
up the river and harbor bill Friday, and to sit
daily until its consideration Is concluded The
senate committee on appropriations reported
the naval appropriation bill The principal
mendments are as follows: For test
ing methods Of throwing high explosives
from guns on board ship with the
ordinary velocities, $4,000. The provision re-
garding the large and swift torpedo boats is
changed by reducing the number from five to
three and increasing the speed of these from
20 to 80 knots and reducing the cost from 1885,
900 to $4,000 Instead Of ten or more addi-
tional small torpedo boats the number is linn
tied to ten and their cost is made 100000 in
stead of 100000
HoUsE-The house non-concurred in the sem
hn Off1a riott ion
bill and agreed to conference The bill to re-
peal the compulsory pilotage system, so far as
1t effects sailing vessels engaged in the coast
wise trade, was defeated in the house Thurs
day, after q days debate, by q vote Of III to
1872 The amended District OF Columbia ap-
preparation bill for the year ending June s0
1897, was passed, after brief debate Consid-
GRAFTON was begun OF 1.-The filed cheese" bill
Imposing q tax upon its manufacture and
sale), and will be continued Friday. Mr. Cooke
(rep, Wis., }, author of one Of the bills for
which the pending bill was q substitute, ad-
dressed the house, and ct sos o'clock the
house adjourned
WAsHINaToN. April l1l.-SHNArE-Them II. main
portion Of the session of the senate Friday was
taken UP by the Indian appropriation bill. the
| house proposition abolishing the system oi
| contract schools for Indian children giving
rise to long and rather interesting dis.
| cusston, The matter went over, however
without action. A bill giving the aid Of the
| government to the Trans Mississippi and In
ternational exposition. at Omaha, in 1885, was
! passed and the senate at 5:3o O'Clock adjourn
ed until Monday.
HoUsE-General debate was concluded FRI
! day upon the filled cheese" BILL which was
begun Thursday afternoon The bill will bt
further considered Saturday under the five.
| minute rule for amendment The appro.
| priation bill for Notifications and coas
| defenses for the year ending June so
| 1897, was reported by Mr.. Hainel
Cep, Neb and placed on the calendar Al
Ave o'clock the house took q recess under the
rules until eight o'clock. the evening session
to be for the consideration OF private pension
bills During the evening session nine bill.
we've acted upon in committee Of the whole
and three of them we're passed in the house
before the hour Of 1880 came and caused al
adjournment
Col. John A. Cockerill Dead.
LONDON, April IA dispatch to the
Chronicle from Cairo says that Col
John A. Cockerill, the well-knowr
American newspaper editor and GORE
spondent, died suddenly at Shepheard'l
hotel in that city Friday. Death wal
caused by apoplexy. Col Cockerill re