Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-26
BILLS PASSED.
The Senate Gets Through with the
Urgent Deficiency Bill
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL.

The House Passes 1t and Then Adjournst
The Choctaw Agreement-Kansas Judi
eiaI Districts-Pacific Railroad Debt
r5f Omaha Wants More Money.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2a-Soon after
the session opened yesterday Mr.. Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota, called up his
resolution relative to the trust notes
of the Pacific railroad The senator
made heavy onslaught on the Pacific
railroad system in general, charging
that a combination of private interests
was seeking to absorb the roads and
close out the government This opened
the entire question, and Mr.. Morgan,
of Alabama, followed with a bitter ar
raignment of the Pacific roads. charg-
ing them with fraud and crime on
gigantic scale The speech lasted un-
til shortly before two o'clock, when
the morning hour expired, thus send
ing over the Cuban question until
after the holidays. Mr.. Pettigrew's
resolution was referred to the commit
tee on Pacific railroads
The urgency deficiency bill was
passed as reported with minor amend
ments. 1t carried 1854, $50, the larger
of the work of the navy department.
Mr.. Call secured the adoption of a res
olution asking the secretary of state for
information relative to the killing of
Charles Gavin, an American citizen, by
Spanish forces in Cuba After passing
several private pension bills, the sem
ate, at 2:3S p. M, went into executive
session, which lasted until 3:05. The
senate then adjourned to January S.
The house yesterday passed the leg
islative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill and then adjourned until
January for the holiday recess. This is
the first time in the history of congress
that the legislative bill has been
passed before the holidays The day
was devoted to the annual debate of
the civil service law and, as usual, the
attempt to strike out the provision for
the commission was overwhelmingly
defeated. The bill, as passed, carries
S21 1863, 500. O2-S36, $40 more than the
current bill. During the morning, a
bill was passed authorizing the rail-
roads of the Indian territory to change
their alignments.
THE CHoCrAw AGREEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Gen. Frank
Armstrong, of the Dawes commission,
yesterday filed report on the agrees
ment between the com mission and the
Choctaw Indians, in which the latter
agree to surrender their tribal form OF
government and take allotments. The
agreement was covered in genera!
terms by information sent several days
ago. and Gen. Armstrong is confident
that the action of the Choctaws will
soon be followed by similar treaties
with the Cherozees and other mem bers
of the civilized tribes The agreement
has to be ratified by the Indian coun-
Gil and by congress before it can be-
come operative, but little or no oppo-
sition is anticipated.
KANSAS JUDICIAL. DISTRICTS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Congressman
Frederick tried unsuccessfully yester-
day to secure a favorable report on
Judge Miller's amended bill dividing
Kansas into two judicial districts
There was no pronounced opposition
to the bill, the report being deferred
because the committee was considering
bills sent to it from the senate. Mr..
Frederick will secure a favorable re-
port on the bill Immediately after the
holidays, and the bill stands reasona-
BILE show of becoming a law. If it gets
through the house, Senator Baker will
have no difficulty in keeping it on the
senate calendar until it completes the
legislative routine.
BIG PACIFIC RAILROADS DEBTS.
WASHINGTON, Dec 23.-The secretary
of the treasury has sent to congress a
computation of the Pacific railroad
debts, as made by the government ac-
tuary. The statement shows that the
advances to the Union Pacific, iuclud-
ing the Kansas Pacific, by the govern
ment will, at maturity, the 1st of next
July, amount to S92, SAG, 2S5, of which
sufficient has been repaid to reduce the
amount to $50, 2s9, 500. The balance
due on account of the Central Pacific
on the LIST of July next will be $780,
31s, 377-
OMAHA WANTS MORE MONEY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-Representa-
tive Mercer. of Nebraska, yesterday
introduced bill amending the act
providing for an International exposi-
ton at Omaha, Neb., in 1898. The
amendments are principally framed to
widen the scope of the exposition, and
the appropriation is increased to $500, :
600.
A BlIl for Wool Tariff.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-Congressman