Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-16
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS


First session.
wasHINGToS. AprilZ-SENATE-Thef follow.
ing bills were passed by the senate: Pension
ing the widow OF the late Gen. John NJ Thayei
at 500 per month: penslonlng the widow OF
Gen Charles A. Hickman at 50 per month: tt
provide for the continuance ia offlco OF customs
officers and assistant troasurers until success
sors shall have boon appointed and Quali-
fled \ bill was favorably eportcd to the |
senate to prevent wholesale divorces In the /
territories by requiring one years residence |
before application for divorce A bill provid- |
Ing Tor additional circuit judge In the sixth |
circuit has been tsvcraoly reported to the sem |
utc Biz, introduced; To grant honorable dts |
charge to Alfred burgess: to increase pen |
sions OF Jesse C. Yocum Mrs. Henrietta Blk
Ter and VIM. A Brown
HOU~E-Thc senate Cuban resolutions passed |
the house Monday by n vote OF 2tI to ~ The |
announcement was greeted with q great dem
onstratton on the floor. which was taken up bv |
the galleries The house also passed |
the river and harbor appropriation bill
without a change In the items relating
to improvements In Ohio. Indiana,
kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia Bills
introduced; To increase the pension OF John II.
Kerch s'th ohio infantry. to $50 per month:
To pension Vim. 3. Pratts ut tis per month; TO
reimburse Richard Porter, OF Carlisle county.
Ky. for property taken from him by federal
forces to pension John w. Church at S7s per
month.
WASHINGTON. April s-SESATE-The post
Office appropriation hill. which has engrossed
the attcution 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 frem san Fran
cisco to New Zealand and New
South Wales. via Honolulu. was adopted. Mr..
Brice placed before the senate Tuesday petit
tiOn 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
from citizens OF Ohio demonstrating against
the Introduction Of military training in the
public schools
HousE-The house spent the day debating q
bill to fix the standard OF weights and meas
ures by the adoption OF the metric system on
and after July I. 1898. and a 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 ll3
to I27, and the fate OF the metric system bill
still hangs in the balance On rising vote it
was defeated g. to ~, but Mr.. G. w. Stone,
tPa }. chairman OF the committee on coinage.
weights and measures, secured the yeas and
nays, and pending roll-call the house ad-
lOurncd.
vidng penalties for trespassing on the Chick
amauga and Chattanooga Military park,
broadcned to apply to all national military
parks. was reported Senator Allen intro
duced a 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 a second marri-
age, have been dropped from the pension rolls.
| MIR. Sherman gave notice that he would
ask at an carly Gate to take up the treaty pro-
vding n commission to consider the Behring
sea seizure claims. The act originating in the
I
vocational purposes in Arizona Wednesday be-
came law without the presidents approval
HoUsE-The house committee on the iudici-
airy Wednesday completed its work upon the
| bankruptcy bill. and decided to report the
| bill to the house this week This measure Is
based upon tho old Torrey bill The senate
| committee on foreign relations failed to reach
| q conclusion as to the Hawaiian cable question
Wednesday. Tho house committee on labor
| Wednesday heard Mr.. Corliss. OF Michigan, who
advocated the passage OF 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 l0-SESATE-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 eo'no'eeeo vn "Pp,op' '"' n 'ep
amendments are as follows: For test
ing methods OF throwing high explosives
from guns on BOARD snip win the
ordinary veiocities' soOoO'. Inc provision re-
gardlng the large ana swift torpedo ooats Is
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