The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-13
THE PROGRAMME.
Free Homestead Bill Expected to Pass the Senate.
PACIFIC ROAD BILL IN THE HOUSE.
K. T. Railway Calls Attention to =. Interests in the Indian Territory The Cuban Question Wanted
 Left in Abeyance.

w.eurNGToN, Jan. il. The course of a. senate this week will depend large ,Innon whether the Pacific road fund.- bill passes the house and whether aa,otor Cameron will call up his Gu Ian resolutions If he desires to press n. rasolutions there will be a deter -;ood effort to aid him in this direc- .:or but in any event there are likely = be few speeches on Cuba. Senator u;lls has announced his purpose to ad- \ Jrass the senate on the question and it ~ understood that Senator Davis is rrenaring a Cuban speech. The Petit l rrew free homestead bill is expected q reach a vote to-day or tomorrow, .na it is to be followed by the Pacific r,ilroad bill if the latter passes the hopse. Senator Cullom, who will have ,harce of the legislative, executive and indcial appropriation bill, said yester- say that he expected to be able to re- rort that measure by the middle of the Il rroek and that he would ask the sen .se to oconsider it as soon as reported.
 The fate of the Pacific railroad fund.- mo bill. which was de ebated three days ;u the house last week, will be known ,odav. when the measure with the mpding amendments will come to a vose under the special order under which the house is proceeding. The
 hill involves the settlement of the
 ss 100000 of indebtedness of the
 unioo Pacific and Central Pacific on
 -E nf
 uars at two per cent. with an annual
 sxtinruishment payment on the prin-
 eual at the rate of S365, 900 for the first
 ten years, S5s0 GOO for the second ten
 rears and S750, GOO for the remaining
 sears. It involves as the alternative
 Ii its defeat the probable immediate
 fweelosure of the governments lien
 knd the sale of the property. It
 the continuation of the strIg-
 Ee which has gone on in congress
 IO dozen years to secure some
 kOrt of an adjustment of the Pacific slread indebtedness on the basis Of 1 egtension. as it has been apparent pr long period that the roads would efarlt when inc bonds were matured. liter The funding bill is disposed of De house will proceed with the con- Iteration of appropriation bills until ntnrday, which will be given up to klogies on the life and public services I the late ex->pea&er Crisp. The In- \ an and military appropriation bills Ee on the calendar, and before they i e disposed of the agricultural bill | il be brought on.
 \ kSFER WITH THE DAWES COMMISSION. \ BAsmEGToN, Jan. 1.-The confer lee of the Dawes commission at the f ce of the secretary of the interior \ tnrday was marked by an incident more than ordinary interest. Be a ,. $, Stapdley. N. E. Ainsworth 3 Wesley Anderson, representing W Choctaws, there was present Mir. M ron Wolf, Washington attorney,
 represents the Missouri, Kansas &s
 xas Railway Co Mir. Wolf was # re in his capacity as the attorney & that road. He called the attention I sne secretary, the commission and milan delegates, to the fact that A road has an interest in the ques- 8 of which the Dawes commission W apparently taken no notice Tn the " at which the company has through
 indian territory is a provision 0rg when the land now held by the ans IS relinquished to the govern dy and the Indian title is extin- aea, the road is then to have the If ! eas' This means that the railroad T og 1s alternate sections for ten miles CA acn side along it's line, amour ting. Led oeen figured, to over 100000 ,lll oi valuable land, whose title is
 ss 10 It upon the extinguishmeRt
 Indians title. The agreement ~rr the title to the Indians The e'alms that, having constructed
 opfated it's road, it had performed
 Pafl of the stipulations. and it's .rds. e'' tnerefore, should not be vio-
 aho the land should become the m Of the road on the extinguish-
 Oicommunal title.
 IlnN THE CUBAN QUESTION.
 Ae1 ','asGToN, Jan. 1f.-It has gen. "ecome known about the capitol ,lerps asesident-elect Mckinley prefers rt .As Oaban question should be left me ]" until he shall come into
 and to this fact more than any
 nay Dc attributed the failure of
 saa'e to take up the question on ' oi the resolution presented ;oncI. Dms1.. ss'e Cameron and reported by 'iii''ee on foreign relations
 0eZZlEMENT CHARGED.
 mcdonald, of Fort Scott, Ac-