The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-01

rson are, under law OF this session.
eligible for the life-saving medals which
formerly were given only to the life
saving crew men. The friends OF the
Tennessee centennial exposition OF 1897
have succeeded In securing an appro-
priation Of $4,000 for government
building and exhibit. while the Nebraska
delegation is working to secure like
recognition for the Omaha exposition.
One OF the most important pieces OF
public land legislation permits the pat =
enting OF lands containing petroleum or
other mineral oils. under the mineral
land laws. Another extends To Jan. l..
1899. the time I'm which purchases may be
made of the railroad lands forfeited to
the government under the act OF 1890.
and another confirms cash entries which
have been declared invalid because the
lands entered were never offered for sale.
Other acts confirm titles of settlers In
Greer county. Okla: Mississippi settlers
on swamp lands In the grant OF the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad and settlers ON
some $4,000 acres I'm Louisiana.
Among the acts of the session relating
to the courts were these: Fixing the
fees In the circuit court OF appeals.
withdrawing from the supreme court
jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital
and giving ii to the circuit court OF ap-
peals. directing the fling of mortgages
on Indian territory property In the ju-
dicial district i'm which the property IL
located when the mortgagor Is non resi-
dent, constituting new division OF the
eastern judicial district OF Texas, at
taching Audrain county to the eastern
judicial district of Missouri.
An act was passed to validate the acts
Of deputy marshals In the Indian terri
tory sworn between March l, 1895, ana
April Is, 1896, when the law was defec-
tive; an act providing heavy penalties
for selling intoXicants to Indians; an act
authorizing the secretary Of the interior
to use the abandoned Fort Bidwell In
California for an Indian training school.
and one to enable the town OF Flagstaff.
Ari., to issue $4,000 per cent bonds "a
construct a water system.
Military acts were passed authorizing
the comforting on officers Of the regular
army OF the highest brevet rank held by
them In the volunteer service. to author
lie officers who served i'm the regular
army during the rebellion to bear the ON
cial title and on ceremonial occasions
wear the uniform of their rank, for issu-
ing certificates of service to members
of the military telegraph corps for the
state OF Colorado to use the Fort Lyon
military reservation for a soldiers home,
to permit the appointment as medical Of
ficers OF soldiers homes OF others thar
those who have been disabled In the mill
tary service. to appoint John Marshall
Brown OF Maine a member of the board
OF managers Of national soldiers homes.
Lite-saving stations have been provided
at Point Arena, Mendocino county, Cal. /:
Great Bears Head. n. H.. and one on the
Maryland coast between Fenwick ISL.
and and Ocean City. A survey has beer
authorized for a water route from tn.
mouth of the Jetties at Galveston,
through the ship channel and up Buffalo
bayou to Houston.
Right of way has been granted the
Muskogee (Okla.) and Western railroad
through the territory. and Oklahoma
and Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Rail
road company through the Omaha ant
Winnebago Indian reservations in Ne
braska-
The time for completing the Eas,
river bridge between New York city and
Long Island has been extended to jar
/, 1900.
This session has passed 16 bridge bills
and granted American registers to Ave
vessels. There have been several bills
enacted for the government OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia, few Of them apply.
ing to the inaugural ceremonies