The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-06
FOR THE CONSTITUENTS
MATTERS OCCUPYING ATTENTION OF
INDIANA CONGRESSMEN.
Indiana's Business to BE Pushed by
the States Representatives in
the Present Session.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
W ASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-From the rec
ords of the House and Senate the following
statement is compiled showing the business
pending before Congress at the beginning
of the regular session OF special local inter-
est to Indiana. The bills and joint resolu
| tons presented by the senators and repre-
sentatives are given in detail for the pUr-
| pose of still further localizing the informa-
| ton. Senator Charles w. Fairbanks is
looking after the following matters:
Bills to encourage inventions in the arts
and sciences; to amend act relative to dis
United States
For the relief of John Bass, Mary Coul-
son, Marion Trust Company, Thomas f.
Ryan, Western Paving and Supply Com
pany.
Pollard Anderson, Jacob Clark, William
Cruise, Courtney Hays and S. W. Zickend-
Pensions-Robert H. Brown, Isaac A.
Chandler, John S. Dugate, James M. Her
r1ngton, |. P. Hill, James A. Ruddington
! and w. H. Webster.
Senator David Turpie has the following:
Amendment to the Constitution to elect
senators by the people.
Bills to erect public building at Indian
/ apolis; to increase pensions for total deaf
ness giving special pension ratings to GER
| tain wounds.
For the relief of w. r. Austin & Co. c.
| Ter, heirs of George McDougall, Ira Miller,
F. Luke B. Morrison, G. +. Roberts, Benjamin
| c: Shaw, John Veeley, James c. Wheat, w.
| II. WfIior.
Pensions-I H. Andrews, Henry F.
Barnes, Thomas H. Ballard, Robert H.
| Brown, Florence Buskirk David Carithers,
| Abel S. Chase, T. S. Cross, d. j. Davis,
Ransom Denny, Irwin Dickson, John w.
Dodd, Hugh L: English, Amelia M. Grobe,
| Lucy A. Harding, 7. B. Harlan, Virginia
Rowland, Helen M. Jacob, Emma L. Kim
BILE, Maggie p. Knight, Mary E. Law, A; B.
Loudermilk John McGuffinl, Joshua Parker,
| Smith, Hiram p. Storms. Samuel Thurs
ton, Eliza j. West, Mary zollinger.
To remove charges of deSertiOn from Will
liam A. Graham and George F. Harter.
James A Hemenway, First District-To
| provide for the erection of statue to Rob
| ert Dale Owen; pensions for Strother Brock,
William NJ; Cockrum. John r. Daugherty,
| r. c. Cradle and Henry Hayes, for the re-
| lief of Rosaloo B. Brazleton and James A.
| Root.
! Robert w. Miers, Second District-Pen-
| sions and relief for Mahala Alexander, w.
j. Alexander, John D: Allen, W II. Ander-
| sen, Wilhelmina Barth, John Bass, Monroe
| Blackburn. Samuel Brim, George Brown,
| William Burch, Cook Burk, Florence w.
Henry Charles, w. r. Davidson, Robert r.
| Davis, Joanna c. Dillman, BENJAMIN +.
DOUGLASS John s Dukatei M j. Fogarty;;
| Hazel, Cornelius Johnson, Elizabeth Lane,
Kitty Ann Loggins, Charles Mccarthy, Will
M Morn mcI JOHN w Morgan Nor, e john W. Par
sons, William Ross, Milton Roseberry, Hi
ram Runyan, Mary S. Sanders, Barton p.
w. p. Wilson, Leander Wood and Margaret
j.. Wright; to increase pensions for veterans
of Mexican war; to remove charge of de-
sertion against Martin All.
w. I. Zenor, Third District-PenSions and
| relief for Aaron NJ. Applegate, A. p. Bat
son, Charles A. Beeler, Henry Bolt, John
| Bunk, Thomas Bradley, Martha Brisco.
| William H. Byrum, James COlvn, Henry
w. Conrad, D. H; Daniel, John, W. Daugh-
R chard F. FHlier '' Henry Henry GreybrooR E: ".
| Gresham, John Hammond, Henry T. Hat
| field, George Heishman, John Hoffman, In
| Lasher, Philo Lynch, James w. Manley,
| Louise March, William Mathers, James b.
Meriweather, Henry Mills, N. n. Morgan,
| r. b. Neal H. j. Needham. p. II. Odell,
| Sarah j. Poynter, George Peyton, w. H.
Pfrimmer, Sarah L.. Smith W; T. Sanger,
| T. B. Starr, John Stephens, Emma Swift,
James ]. Taylor, Alice Utz, Joseph Verney,
| George Washington, John r. Watson and
| r. +. Wilson; relief of charges of desertion
| against William Churchhill, Jacob F1ndley
and r. F. Parker; for relief of New Albany,
| claim for damages; to amend civil-service
| law.
| member, not yet seated.
George w. Faris. Fifth District-Pensions
and relief for or, John A. anderson, Sewell
Mary E. Laws and Sarah p. Munson; to
remove charge of desertion against William
Cruise.
Henry U. Johnson Sixth District-To Gre
ate currency commission; to pension Mary
| A. Macauley.
Jesse Overstreet, Seventh Dlstrict-To
erect public building at Indianapolis; to
| increase pensions in certain cases; to regu-
late procedure in certain cases; for the
relief of NJ. NJ. Defrees, julius r. Fred
| erick, E. G.. Freegate, c. M Kirkpatrick
| Western Paving and Supply Company, Jas.
G. Wheat; pensions for w. S. Demott; Mary
| D. Griffiths, Elizabeth Hodges Charles w.
| Kruglie and w. H. Webster.
Charles l.. Henry, Eighth District-No
bills; several petitions presented.
Charles B. Lands, Ninth District-For the
relief OF James n. Blankenship, Robert E.
| Bryant, Joseph H. Johnson, w. j. Kline,
Micajol Powell, Elizabeth Purcell, Robert
| Weaver; pensions for Merrick j. Buck
| Philip Caslow, Isaac N. Ellis John B; Far
rem, Isaac N. Johnson, John E. Kirkham,
John D. Moore, r. B. Smith and r. f. Will
hanson.
Edgar D. Crumpacker, Tenth District
To limit scope of civil-service law; to pro-
vide for distribution of government pub
locations to universities and colleges to
amend the Constitution relative to the an
to minors; pensions and relief for w. r.
Christy, John Fagin, Wesley Goodwine,
William P; Haskell, Samuel HorneT, g. w.
r. S. Vaudeville Eliza Miller, Ira Miller,
w. S. milford and Lawrence Opp.
regulate the rules of practice in the Pen
sion Office; for the relief of Charles T.
Brant,. Edgar Carson, George v. McKin,
sey, Miami Indians, Joseph +. Patton and
Augustus Somers; pensions for Martha NJ.
Clawson Catherine Clifford Martha e.
Grant Henry, NJ. Hyde; Eli Overhultz,
Eliza TAFT and Mary T.. Wallick.
James M Robinson, Twelfth Distrct-F'or
the relief of Henry NJ. Bickwell and M. F.
Dearmitt: to remove charge of desertion
against George Alcott, James Hennessy
and Charles Sweet; pensions for James A.
Burlington and Joshua Parker,
Lemuel w. Royse, Thirteenth District
No bills but many petitions from citizens
OF the district on tariff and other matters.
MATRTMONTAI TRAGEDY