The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-15

ton in Montana, under the homestead.
mining and other land laws OF the United
States; to pay Hattie A. Phillips, widow
Of John Phillips, 49, 600 for services rem
dered by John Phillips in bearing dis
patches from the commanding officer at
Fort Phil Kearney to Fort Laramie in
December. 1866. after the massacre of the
United States soldiers under Lieutenant
Colonel Fetterman by the Sioux Indians
and by whose services the garrison at
Fort Phil Kearney. then surrounded by
Sioux Indians. was rescued and saved
from humiliation.
Other measures passed were: To au-
tnoriZe the secretary of war TO loan tents
TO the citizens committee of Cincinnati
for use during the thirty-second annual
encampment of the G. A. R.; TO pay the
heirs of the late John Roach 1899 ISL for
labor and material, dockage and deten-
ton, etc, of the gunboats Chicago, Bos-
ton and Atlanta; to provide for the ap-
pointment of a commission under the dir
ection of the secretary of war for the pre-
llminary survey, with plans. specifications
and approximate estimates of coast there
of, for the construction of a ship canal,
of approved width and depth. from the
lower shores of Lake Michigan to the
Wabash river.
AT the suggestion of Mr.. Foraker Of
Ohio, the bill for the Incorporation Of the
international American bank was called
up. The bill provides that the bank shall
have capital of IS O0O, 900, which may be
increased to $40, 900 900. and that its main
offices shall be in Washington and New
York, with branches in Mexico. the West
Indie and in Central and South America.
Objection was made to the considera-
ton of the BILL but 1T was read for infor-
nation, until Mr.. Cockrell of Missouri OBJ
jected 20 that.
A bill to increase the pension of Mrs.
Letitia Tyler Semple, a daughter of Presi-
dent John Tyler, to $50 a month, was pas
sed, as was also the joint resolution re-
lative to the appropriation for the Rouge
River, Mich.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts called up a
resolution reported by him from the jul
dietary committee, providing for the sub
mission to the legislatures Of the various
states of a proposed amendment TO the
constitution of the United States TO the
succession to the presidency. He desired
simply to place in the record certain in
formation bearing upon the subject. and
briefly to impress senators with the de-
STABILITY of passing the resolution at an
early date, in order to remedy a mani
fest defect in the constitution.
A bill was passed AUTHORIZING the secre-
tary Of the treasury TO have constructed
eight vessels for the revenue cutter ser
vice. as follows: One to take the place
of the steamer Seward, cost not TO ex-
coed $50, 900; one to take the place of the
McLane. cost not to exceed $4,000 one TO
take the place OF the Colfax, cost not 70
exceed $3.50 600; one to take the place of the
Boutwell,, cost not to exceed $i60.eoO; one
for service on and in the vicinity of the
Columbia river bar, Pacific coast, cost
not to exceed $3.50, 900; one for harbor ser
vice at Philadelphia, to replace the steam
er Washington cost not to exceed $4,000;
one for harbor service at Boston, to re-
place the steamer Hamlin, cost not TO
exceed s45, 900; one for harbor service at
New York, to replace the Chandler, cost
not to exceed $4,000.
At 2:4O D. m, the senate, on motion OF
Mr.. Quay, went into executive session,
and soon afterward adjourned.
Rev. Z. Edwards. pastor of the English
Baptist Church at Minersville, Pa, when
suffering with rheumatism, was advised
to try Chamberlain Pain Balm He says:
"A few applications of this IMMINENT
proved of great service to me. 1t subdned
the Inflammation and relieved the pain.
should anv sufferer profit by giving Pain