Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-04-01
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
Extraordinary Session.

Extraordinary Session.
wAsnINGroN, March .l-SENATE Tho
legislative session OF the senate MuIdIy last
( ed but ~ minutes. the arbitration treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Brit in
being taken up thereafter benin clos ID doors
In the short open Sc sslon nearly .00 bills were
introduced ami many others were reported
back from committees Inclu led in the lat
latter were the free home .ad' bill and the
Immigration hul. with the provision as to
Canadian lahprcrS eliminated - both of
which were under consideration in the last
congress. the latter failing to become Inv
oNingt1 PrcSId mt tl"vClani's Nrtp or the
four great appropriation hi. ls-tpc auricuI-
turIl TN Indian, the sundry civil AMI IN
general drhcIcncy-wnich $50 failed for lack
| of MIR ClcvcIand'S signature which were re-
int otuccd and passed by the house. were re-
tcrr"d Ia tae committee On appropriations
H"USF--rhe tarin debate was fairly aud
regularly started IN the h,us" Mpndl, aat
will b. kept up for tn next three day. .ftrt
which time the discus. ion viii be On arucld.
mcnt, that may H. ordered
The chrir vas occupied hy Mr. sherman
! rep = - hs chnIrmIn Of the committr,
/ Of the Whole The opening speech was mad
| ~ Mr. Dingley. ucn Me- chairman of the
committee On ways and means and was an cx-
hauNtfNo explanation AMI defense Of the meas
ure The first speech In autlgouism t. It was
1 made by MIR Wheeler %. Ala }. a member Of
the committee on WAYS sui means At )
o'clock under the order governing the d.
Grafton Of thr tlrIr bill the house took "a re-
cess until : - clock the evening session to b>
devoted To continuance Of the debate
WssHINCroN. March 81 -SENArE-The sem
ate INDUCED Tuesday in an almost one sided
Remuneration Of the civil service law and its
| administration. Tnc matter came up IN tina
/ shape OF resolution offered hy Mr. Allen
! Ipop, NehD, directing the committee on civil
service To inquire into the dismissal Of some
D IN IT. mis- Of IN
/ bureau Of animal Industry in South Omaha
/ \ch Mr. Aliens motion. after Ions
debate, was agreed To. with an amcni-
4 ment Bills passed; To establish the
/ official survey Of fractional townships
| In Nebraska. to amend the act repeating the
timber culture laws: the Torrey bankruptcy
bill tmodiiiedD was reported and was on mo-
/ lon OF Mr. Holr made tue unfinished business,
not to be called up immediately. however
constitutional amendment TO make the 30th
! Of April inauguration day was introduced by
! Mr. lioar Mr.. Turpie dem Ind made
argument in favor of a constitutional amend
ment to make United States senators elective
oy popular vote instead of by state legisls-
| lures.
| HORSE Tuesday was spent in debate on the
tarin bill The senate joint resolution appro-
| priatiug ii5 90 TO enable the secretary OF war
| TO purchase tents for the houseless victims of
the Mississippi river flood was agreed to. At
| o'clock "A recess was taken uatil b o'clock,
! the evening session TO be occupied on the tar
| i n bill
WASHINGTON. March q -SESArE-The
senate spent only half an hour in open session
"Wednesday the remainder OF the time being
I given 10 the consideration Of the arbitration
| treaty ehiHd closed doors The agricultural
bill-one Of the four money bills that failed
az the last sesson-was reported back
ed the house last week. and was
placed on the calendar 1t will be acted on at
| an early day. \ lin prohibiting the exhibit
ton in the District Uf Columbia OF kineto-
| scopic illustrations o, priz' fights and also
prohibiting the SportaliOn OF materials
therefor through the mails or through the
avenues of interstate commerce, was intro
duo Hoar trcp, MassD anu was re-
| fer .diciary committee
Lrge audiences in the galleries.
| A. ,sually large attendance on the
{ house Of representatives. heard
L. rs DAYS general debate on the tariff
principal speeches OF the day were
bore Icssrs. Johnson, of North Dakot u
! Y, OF Ohio and Evans. OF Kentucky;
| Irp-f members of the committee on
WAYS ana means in favor Of the bill; and
of Mr. Me Mtllin CTenn), the oldest demo-
cratic member, against IT, Other speeches
were made b. Messrs Fox tdem, Miss).
inns tdeu., Tennl, Williams dem, Miss
Terry .(dem Ark }, Sayers (dem Tex and
Maddox (lem Ga) against the bill. and by
NJ Adams (rep, Pa and Walker rep.
rof it. The general debate will
Lrsday.
,GroS. March 60 SEM .....r
~ ~ and forty
session tho
litrItion treaty. y,
"a- lie toward tho tinal eSult
taking mp that m liter the ques-
of acting on the appointment
OF ,tnator- by governors OF states.
whe. the SITE legislature should
have II senators came up in the case OF
JOIN cson. appointed by the govern
or" MI the vac Incy caused by the
ey che term OF Senator Call on the
ch After the executive ssion
ptcy bill was taken up and read in
n Mr.. Nelson (rep. Mimi Of
....H Jsiitute for IL, which was also read
he reading of the two bills occupied
a.. I'd twenty minutes
HuI.. Thursday was the last day Of gem
erai debate on the tarin bill under the order
adopted last week but because Mr.. Baileys
throat would not allow him to speak Thursday
| afternoon an agreement was made to give two
hours tn general debate Just before taking the
vote neyt Wednesday, which will be
occupied by himself and Mr. Dingley.
WASHINGTON, March % -SENArE-WiIh
the exception Of the first hour the whole OF
! Fridays session was spent by the senate be-
| hind closed doors. where not only was the ar
hitration treaty discussed In some Of its bear
! inSS. but also the party organization OF the
senate-no definite results BEN: arrived at on
/ either subject During the opening ses-
| sion the civil service commission WAS
| subjected to another rakinG down at the hands
/ of MIR GalIiuyeT rep. N HI. Resolutions OF
| inquiry were offered and adopted to the
! future disposition OF the Union Pacific rail-
way property. and as to the arrest and mprls-
| onmen; Of the American sailors in Cuba Al
I p m. the senate adjourned uEtil Monday
| next
HousE-The consideration of the tariff bin
under the tive-ninute rule. for the purpose of
amendment which it WAS expected would be
| strictly business, opened with the liveliest
| political contest OF the session. lasting for
nearly three hours. IL began promptly on the
reading Of the PREDATORY paragraph OF the bill.
| to which Mr. Dockery (dem.. MOI offered
an amendment authorizing the secretary OF
the treasuri to admit free of duty any article
the production and price of which was con-
trolled by a trust in the United States.
WAsHINGToN. March ~ -SESATE-Not in
session saturday
HoUsE--The progress Of the house on the
,arir bill WAS even slower Saturday than FRI
day Only live more OF the ii pages of the
bill were disposed of makiIg ~ pages in all
in the two of the five days allowed for con-
sideration under the hye-minute rule.
Al this rate only 81 pages of the
bill will be disposed OF before the bill comes
to final vote. ONLY five amendments were
adopted Saturday, all OF minor importance,
and each an amendment OF the ways and
means committee. AL the questions involyed
in the tariff with occasional incursions into
the realm OF the financial theories, furnished
fruitful topics for the members
Living With Bullet in His Brain.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, March 90 Viii
liam Cummins, aged 81, made a prob.
ably successful attempt at suicide by
t;ri,,r n h,,llat info his hraip Cutp