The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
CONGRESSIONAL CItAT
WEEKS DOlNCS~ OF NATION
AL LAWMAKERS.
4 General Resume Of tho Most Tnport-
ant Iabors of the House and senate
Executive and Departmental Actions
Noted Briefly.

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second class mail matter, Is now en-
gnging the attention of the house
The postonica ut shelton. Ncb., will
be make a presidential office on April
1, and ID compensation will he Sl,oOo.
Senator Allen has reported favorably
the bill for the transfer Of the TT. sid
ncy military post reserve to the state
of Nebraska for educational purposes.
Secretary bliss has approved for
patent TO the Union Pacific Railroad
company n list Of lands selected under
it's grant embracing 100 acres in the
North Platte district Of Nebraska.
Senator Thurston and several other
senators and one OF two members of
h house have gone on q iunkct-un-
officially and at the expense of II New
York paper-to Havana and other
parts of Cuba.
The secretary Of the navy has rc-
rcivcd through the British ambassador
information that the Canadian govern.
mcnt would hereafter allow American
vessels to carry merchandise from one
port in Canada to another.
Chairman Cannon of the house APP
preparation committee has introduced
" '''i "DIi l'Aliik '' 's'''s''' W. w
expended at the discretion Of the
president, and to remain available un-
til June 80. 1890. The hill will pass
both houses with but little opposition.
The house committee on military af-
fairs has reported favorably upon the
bill TO remove the charge of drscrtion
from the military record of Emanuel
Shamp of Lincoln. The ease of Mr..
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m~critoriouS one. lie was drawing "a
pension for total disability when it
was discovered that u charge of dcSCr-
lion % against him in the records.
Mr.. Shamp has proved by conclusive
evidence that he was taken prisoner
and his company was mustered N Of
service before he could return to il
after being released.
Secretary Long has sent to congress
for incluSi III in the urgent deficiency
bill an estimate of al appropriation Of
$500, 900 To h. immediately available
for the equipment of vessels i'm the
navy for TIL present fiscal year and
for the umcdiatc supply of 10000 tons
az coal tn Key West. The larger YES
sells of the fleet, the secretary says,
cannot approach ncarcr than seven
miles of Key West. At present they
coal from schooncrS mt TortugaS and
mt other places near by when weather
permits. There is one fiat lighter
with II capacity Of 800 tons now ut Key
West. This is not suitable for use at
any distance from the port.
There were no less than five inn
portant developments Monday having
IL hearing more or less directly ON the
troubled relations between the United
States and Spain. viz: The introduce
ton in congress by Mr.. Common of a
resolution carrying $50. 600. 600 for the
public defense, the withdrawal by the
Spanish government OF its minated
objection TO the continuance in Office
of Consul-t;encral Lee, the order to
ID cruiser Montgomery to proceed to
Havana, in place of the Fern, the pas
sage through tn" house of the bin in
crcasing the artillery arm by two
regiments, and the institution Of
negotiations looking to the purchase
of warships for our navy.
IL is said tho state Of Florida has
notified Admiral Sicard that on the
first of next month is proposes to en-
force the state quarantine law against
all crafts arriving from Cuba as sure
prevention of the Introduction of vel
low fever. Admiral Sicard has report.
cd the facts to the navy department
and awaits instructions. The prcsi-
dent probably will communicate with
the governor of Florida with u view To
securing an abatement of the law so
far rs it is proposed TO apply to
navni vessels, this being the specdicst
of dealing with the case, al.
though IL may he stated that the ma
tlonrl government never has recog.
nized the right of any local authori-
ties to stop its vessels in case their
movements were deemed necessary.
A bill has been introduced bv SEN
ator Allen providing that any honor
ably discharged soldier or sailor,
physically unable to carry on occupa-
non nS IA farmer, may obtain title to IA
homestead rs now provided by law
withont actual occupancy. lie also
Il bill 10 remove the charge
ol descrtlon from the record of james
W.. Pace; Representative Sutherland n
bill To pay Austin l.. Jacob of Edgar
SloO Tor u horse taken from him during
inc ciVll war; Representative Mercer
to pay $500 to T.. ID. barnard for n
judgment found in his favor. The
comptroller oil the currency has de.
clarcd u third dividend, per cent. in
favor of the creditors of the German
National bank of Lincoln. Neb.. max.
ing IN all 10 per cent on claims proved,
amounting to $50, 44s.sl.
The decision of Judge Rogers hold.
ing the United States federal mcn,
inspection law to be unconstitutional
apparently causes no concern 10 the
officials of the agricultural department
ut Washington, under whose admins
tration the law Is executed. They re-.
gard the decision as one largely tech,
meal in character, which will no,
effect the practical operation of the
law when applied to the inspection ot
meats intended for interstate traffic OF
export to foreign countries. Their
chief regret in the matter appears tc
he the failure 10 convict Boyer of the
nold Packing company, who was
charged with attempting To bride one
of the meat inspectors.
Captain Mortimer has been chosen
Ms cDmmnnlpr tpr th. M,p;t,. M;,,