The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-04
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The bill for bridge across the Co
lumbia river has been passed in Con-
gress.
Quite a number Of bills affecting
the District Of Columbia have been
passed.
Congressman Spencer of Mississippi
intends to introduce bill TO buy Cuba
for $500. 100000
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate to spend $4,000, 900 for Gus
tom-House in New York.
Mrs. K. NJ. Edwards has been APP
pointed postmaster at Olinda, Shasta
county, CAL, vice r. I. Edward,
dead.
A bill has been passed authorizing
the Sierra Madre Construction Com
pany to construct a bridge across the
Rio Grande at FL Paso.
Congressman Loud Of California, and
Morse, the latter of Massachusetts, are
having a lively wrangle over bills for
the change of postage rates.
A bill has been introduced in the
State Senate to prohibit employees of
sleeping car companies lowering the
upper berth unless it is occupied.
In the Senate Hale of Maine called
up the bill providing for the organiza-
ton of a naval battalion in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The bill was
passed.
The Army appropriation bill has
been passed by the Senate with minor
amendments. 1t carries $23, 1879, 344,
which is $4,000 more than the bill as it
passed the House.
A bill has been passed in the Senate
for the public building at Altoona,
Pa. to cost $3.50, 900, and another for
the incorporation of the American In
structors of the Deaf.
The Senate bill has been passed for
an examination and survey of a water
route from the mouth of the jetties of
the city of Galveston, Tex, through
the ship channel and up Buffalo bayou
to the city of Houston, Tex.
California pensions have been
granted by Congress as follows: Or
iginal-James b. Johnston. Los An
geles; Myron Cowing, Vallejo; Angus
tus H. Moore, Veterans Home, Napa;
Manuel Stevens. San Jose; Joseph H.
Wythe, Oakland. Increase-C Charles
81. Giles, San Francisco; Sylvester
Clement. Los Angeles; James R.
Berry, Represa; William L. Brown,
Tustin. Widows-Helen W. Lewis,
Santa Monica. Renewal = Minor of
Jacob Bricker, Tia Juana.
Another bill has been passed provid-
ing for the use by the United States of
the devices covered by letters of patent
hereafter issued to officers of the Navy.
Fairchild, in charge of the bill, said it
was now in the power of an officer who
had secured patent to deprive the
United otates of it's use except on his
own terms. The bill provides for a
board of three naval officers to deter
mine the terms or rate of compensa-
ton for the use of the patent.
From the Committee on In
dian Affairs the bill toprohibit
the sale of Intoxicating drinks to
Indians was taken up in the House,
and occasioned some debate The bill
imposes fine of 500 and imprison.
ment for sixty days upon any person
who shall sell Intoxicating liquors of
any kind whatever to any person to
whom an allotment of land has not
been made. Maddox of Georgia
argued that the bill was unconstitu.
tional. 1t was passed-S2 to 30.
By the terms of the Indian appropri.
alton bill, introduced in Congress, the
following sums are set apart for In
dian agencies in the Pacific Coast
States, in addition to the special ap-
preparations: California, $21 900; Ore
gon, $4,000; Washington, $14, 900.
The appropriations for Indian schools
include: PERKS, CAL, $27 ,050; Phe-
nix, A. T., $104, 500; Salem, Or, S5S,.
$50. Appropriations for agencies in.
clude: Mission agency, California.
SIC, 900; klamath and Walla Walla,
$4,000 each; Yakima, $4,000; d'Wamish
and others, $1,000.
A bill fixing the age for retirement
from the classified civil service has
been introduced by Representative Gil.
lett of Massachusetts. 1t provides that
any office in the classified service held
by person who at the time of the
passage of the act is over SO years Of
age shall become vacant in three years
Every office in the service shall here
after become vacant when the person
holding it becomes Go years of age
Veterans of the Civil War and thei,
widows are excepted from the proyis
ions of the bill.
The free homestead bill, which wa,
passed by the Senate, will be consid
cred by the House Committee ON Pub
lie Lands, and Chairman Lacey of that
committee thinks it probable that til,
bill Will be reported to the House with
an amendment to make it conform I,
the general free homestead bill now OF
the calendar of the House. The pro
posed amendment would protect tn,
Government from loss ON certain In
dian lands which it holds in trust t,
sell. practically as the agent of the In
dian owners. the proceeds of the sal,
to be obliged to pay the Indians 70,
such lands. while releasing the settler,
from their obligations to pay. TIL,
bill. after being reported will go, under
the rules, to the calendar OF the Hous,
to take its chances with other legisla
tion. The Senate substitute will prob
ably be accepted by the committee.