Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
WEYLER DENOUNCED
Mr.. Mills Severely Arraigns the
Spanish General
RESTRICTIONS ON CONFEDERATES
The House Passes the Senate Bill to Re-
move the Last Relic of Disability
from the Gray-IrrigatiOR
Experiments.


ject came up incidentally yesterday on
Mr.. Mills resolution for the forcible
occupation of the island of Cuba in or
der to aid the Cubans in securing local
self-government- Mr.. Mills spoke two
hours in support of the resolution. He
was unsparing in his arraignment OF
Gen. Weyler as an "atrocious scoun-
drel and villain" and in his recital OF
SPANS bloody record in the old and
new worlds. Mr.. Morgan also spoke
briefly in further support of the Cuban
resolutions. Mr.. Mills resolution went
to the calendar after the speech.
Senator PETER introduced bill pro.
viding for the amendment of the inter
state commerce law so as to authorize
the interstate commerce commission to
proceed summarily by petition through
the courts against any railroad COM
pany which may refuse to obey any re-
quirement of the commission in regard
to rates or charges on agricultural
products and other freights, and re-
curing the courts to give the prece-
dence to such cases over others on
their dockets
Senator Hills bill to remove the re-
strictions against the appointment, as
officers of the army or navy, of per-
sons who held commissions in the
regular army or navy before the
rebellion, and who subsequently took
part in the war on the side of the con-
federacy, which passed the senate dur
ing the height of the excitement over
the Venezuela boundary question,
passed the house yesterday after two
hours debate with but one dissenting
vote, that of Mr. Boutelle, of Maine. The
democrats, except Mr.. Cummings, of
New York. who spoke as he said las
one of S0O,O0O northern democrats who
fought in the union army" and Mr..
: Wilson, of South Carolina, who was
drawn into the debate by Mr.. Boutelle,
refrained entirely from participation.
Mr. Hull, of Iowa, chairman of the
military committee, who had charge
of the bill, admitted it would
su observe no practical purpose and
was largely sentimental. Mr.. Bou-
telle, who led the opposition single
handed, thought it would furnish a
bad object lesson for naval and mill
tary candidates who were about enter
ing careers in the service of their coun-
try, and when he got warmed up to
his subject called attention to the fact
that many southern men in congress
in the past had obstructed legislation
in the interest of union soldiers, dwell
ing particularly on the opposition to
the retirement of Gen. Grant. Mr..
Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Mr. Grow, of
Pennsylvania. however, supported the
bill ardently as graceful and gracious
act to che vanquished, and when the
vote was taken Mr.. Boutelle alone
voted against it. The bill to abolish
the death penalty in certain cases was
passed.
Bills were also passed to make the
sale of spirituous liquors under a false
brand punishable by fine and impris-
onment, to turn over the property of
the Mormon church now in the hands
of a receiver to the trustees, and sew
eral other of minor Importance.
EXPERIMENTS IN THE ARID REGION.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-It was de-
termined by the full committee on ap-
preparations of the house yesterday to
provide SIS, 600 to be used by the geo
| logical survey bureau in making irri-
cation experiments in the arid region.
It being settled that the senate would
cut off an appropriation for this pur-
pose to be added to the agricultural
| bill it was determined to make the
| fight to have irrigation work prose
cuted under another department of the
government. 1t is now practically
settled that the mem bers of the Kan.
sas delegation who have been so much
interested in this matter will be able
| to get what thew want
BLACKBURN s SON-IN LAW LOSES JOB.
| WASHINGTON, March 25.-Thomas G..
Lane, chief of division in the Office OF
Register of the Treasury Tillmau, who
married Lucille, daughter of Senator
Black burn, obtained leave of absence
for three months and took his bride to
Europe. On his return, few days
since, he found that he had been dis
charged for being absent without
leave, and his place filled. Lanes
friends declare he was discharged
simply because he was a son-in-law OF
| Senator Black burn.
1 WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT READY.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The war
| department is about to issue its an
nual report, prepared by the mill
| tary information division on or.
ganization, armament and military
progress, treating, as its name
implies, Of recent developments in mil
itary science, of small arms and all
kindred subjects. Owing to the limita-
tons imposed by the printing act, but
1000 copies can be issued
A Relative OF Daniel Boone.
NEVADA, Mo-, March %. = Elijah
Bryan, aged 81, died here yesterday.
The deceased had lived in Missouri
since 1909 He was a native of Ken
lucky, his father, Jonathan Bryan,
being a brother-in-law to Daniel Boone.