Owingsville outlook., 1898-01-20
In THE SENATE
The Hawaiian Annexation Treaty viii
Be Considered This Week.
Vote W I'll lIr Taken an the tmmig ration
iiiil oar Foreign Relations WIN Re-
criNr Cons Il 'rah'r Attention in the
House Death at Gen. Augur

A Vote VIII IIr Taken an the tmmig ration
iiiil oar Foreign Relations WIN Re.
criNc Cons Il rrah'r Attention in the
HOUSE Death at Cen. Augur.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lf-Thc Hawaiian
annexation treaty will this week again
occupy the ma ior portion of the time
"f the senate. 1t appears improbable,
however, that the treaty will hc taken
up on Monday. There il a unanimous
agreement tu vote upon the immigra-
tiun hill during that day, and it Is al
together probable that this vote will
hc preceded by some discussion of the
merits of the bill The friends of the
measure are confident of its passage,
tut they are not very hopeful of get
ting il through without further dc.
bate.
senator Nolcott has given notice of
his intention To- address the senate ON
Monday, when he will make report
of the transactions of the recent inter
national himrtallir commission. Mr.
Nuicnt has never given extended public
uttcrHucc concerning the commission :
work and there IL very general inter
"~t manifested a. L. the cour,r he may
pursue in his speech on Monday.
When the senate resumes con>idcra-
lion of the Hawaiian treaty senator
Morgan viii take thc floor. and il il un-
d"r>to"d will consume AT least another
day in the presentation of his views in
favor of annexation. lie will he fol-
l.. 4 4
White in opposition Ia the treaty and
10y other senators for and against it,
There IL no hope that the discussion
will hc concluded during the week. \
great many senators wish Ia speak.
and ~ long n the result Of the vote i
~ uncertain a> it il ut present
neither side will hr disposcd to allow
the vote Ia hr taken
The senate has agreed Ia work ON the
confirmation of Attorney General Me
k"nna - a>-ncIatr Justice uf the su.
prem cnnrt "n nrNt Friday, and the
probabilities are that this vote will hc
preceded 10y some discussion aS To Mr.
Mckcnna> merits
The urgent deficiency appropriation
hill will. in all probability. b. reported
ON Monday, and there may he an effort
To secure its consideration during the
week
The house is likely to become the
arena for a general discussion of our
foreign relations i'm connection with
the consideration of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill during the
present week. The Cuban situation.
the annexation of Hawaii and the de-
signs of the European powers toward
China will, of course, bc the principal
topics Ia a'trar; attention. The hon IT.
managers do not want an extended
debate on Cuba prccipitated at
this time but the minority is
determined To press the question
during the consideration of this bill
They believe the time is particularly
oppuriunc, owing to the anti-autonomy
riots in Havana. Monday is District
of Columbia day aud ON Tuesday the
consideration of the army appropria-
tion bill will hr resumed. This is like
ly Ia bc finished Tuesday. after which
the consular and diplomatic bill will
probably consume the remain irr of the
week
Mrs. l.ucil' Lane. Youngest daugh-
ter of ex-senator blackburn, of Ken
tuclly. shot herself in her apartments
at the Wellington hotel Saturday night
about midnight just as she was pre-.
pairing for bsd. The statement given
out 10y the family is that the shooting
was accidental and was caused by IA
small pistol which, catching in some
laces in the drawer, fell as she lifted
them aud exploded by thc-> hammer
striking the edge of the dra Gr. The
wound i in the left breast anAis prob
ably fatal. Mrs. Lane is suffering from
the shock so severely that the physi-
clans have not yet made any attempt
tn locate the bullet.
Gen. Christopher Colon Auger, L. s
A., retired, died of old age at his home
in West Washington Sunday night. Gen.
Anger was one of the three surviving
members of the class of As at West
Point, the class with which Gen. Grant
graduated. Gen. Auger served with
Grant in Mexico and afterward with
distiction through the civil war. AZ
ter the civil war he saw considerable
active service in the Indian
uprisings on the frontier and was
later in command of various depart.
mcnts of the army. lie was retired in
lsS5 and has since lived in Washing
ton. Subsequent tn his retirement he
was shot by negro desperate in the
doorway of his own home but though
seriously wounded, recovered. lie has
two sons now in the army, Capt. Colon
Augur, stationed at Fort Riley, Kan
sas, and Maj. J. A. Anger, now at
LeaVenworth