The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
liv. CONGRESS.

TIE senate was not In session OF the s,h i.
IL The house q oill - Iaensior John " TtAye-
~ Nebraska formerly : MAJOR general II the
volunteer service. at The rate 90 s.l a noah
VAS passed. The report a. eieci.rns con-
mitiee No ]. IN the cA~e a. Robia>o1 a-a41s.
HARRISON. from the Third AiAtAuA t.Str.r. I.
| favor 81 Harrison. fh- sittt-. merrt~- "a
| presented and agreed % When The C1har
1 resolutions we're taken NJ. 80 many members
desired 20 speak that u wAs arranged a. hold q
night session n order 10 give then AZ . chance
70 % heard and . take Z vote Immediately
after the reading Q. me journal 90 the ssh
il the senate. on the en- the cr;ir. session
was taken up with cons liberation Q. the pos-
| o.ce appropriation bill republicans Serer-l-
| y champoninx The administration d. he pos,
| orice department ard democrats conE-n,rinx
y II was agreed hat . vote on the bill sAol.d
b. taken a. y III on the ~ In ne horS@
The conference committee report on she Gu
ban resolutions was agreed % -ess 20 = The
| river and harhor bill was taken " arc after
further consideration passed u der suspension
81 the rules sis 10 ~ a letter from >@crera-r
o. Agr culture Morton was read. promising
compliance With the wishes o. cou-reSsr-r-
IN relation 70 the DISTRIBUTION az SEEDS The
filed cheese BIN was reported And notice given
that Il would BE- called np on The "a
N the senate. o. the "a after another e.
tire day devoted % the post once arr-a1-ia-
neni restricting the csl>o!iaa- On system 10
The limits % corporate towns aai cif.e> vas
az eec 70. as was also committee amendment
approp-iaiirs 49, lclas additional con z-enss-
ticn % the Oceanic steamship Co .a- ocean
mali service In the house the Dill reported
from the committee or coinage weixn.. Ant
measures 10 adopt the metric system IL SOW
eminent business January ]. l-Es. and 20 make
y me lrsal standard a. The country Jarusrr /
l.ti. vas taken rp. tpt tue house refused 20 or
DER The Oil 70 IL erErossr1ent and fhlr1 read
Ing
IL the senate on the ssh. NJ Trrpie dem
Ind-l spoke for al nolr ans a RAJ. in support 4
o. the loiEt resolution Introduced by NJ Cal 4
proposing Intervention IL the war now being
prosecuted IN Cuba. making sarcastic attack 4
upon Ae>srs sherman and Lodge Tie reSo-
luton went over without action ana he re-
mainder q the session was devoted 10 the In
diaa appropriation BIZ. withoG. action u7on Il
ing reached IL the house after Two
hours spent on The metric system bill The
vas finally recommittes. 70 the com
miitee on coinage, weights and measures
The Dill 20 repeal the compulso-r pilo.ar~ srs-
TEN was taken Up. and later the conference
report on the agricultural Appropriated bsl
wa presented and agreed 70
IN n. senate on The Eth NJ Nan,e,. Z.
Montana. delivered a prepared speech in ,usti-
hcatlon o. those silver senators Hho rote.
against the house tari- bill. ana Mr Batter
o. North Carolina. spoke IL support a TIE bill
introduced By him Tor tie establishment of
postal telegraph system The Indian ao1-o-
priation bill made some progress ana =
private pension bills were passed In
ne house the resolution to repeal The co-rpp.-
'ory pilotsge biz Wa defeated The an-rse,s
District q colum oia appropriation hiIl va
'assed-yeas. lS+ nays. -. Conference rs
'rcered en- the senate amendments 10 he post
nice appropriation bill Tie filed cheese oil
vas taken up