The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-02
CONGRESS-.
Senate.


600 had been rejected. Mr.. Butler, Pop
ulist, North Carolina, offered an
amendment to the postofiice appropria-
ton bill providing for an extension OF
the experiment of rural free delivery to
every State and Territory of the I'm
ion. and to as many sections of those
states and Territories as possible.
Then followed long and occasionally
bitter debate upon the Teller resolution
declaring the government bonds paya-
BILE in silver.
Washington, u. c., Jan. H.-After
transacting some minor business the
Teller resolution was laid before the
senate, and after considerable discus
sion It was agreed that the vote should
be taken tomorrow at 6 o'clock and
the last four hours of debate to be un-
der the fifteen-minute rule.
Washington, Jan. 26.-In the senate
the conference report on the urgency
deficiency bill was presented and agreed
to. a bill to increase the efficiency Of
the navy by combining the line and
engineer corps was introduced by Mr.
Hale. Of Maine, by request.
When the routine morning business
was finished the Teller resolution de-
claring United States bonds payable In
standard silver dollars at the option OF
the government was taken up, and Mr..
Teller addressed the senate.
Senator Wolcott's bill comforting ad-
ditional Jurisdiction on the court of in
solvency OF Cuyahoga county. was up
for passage In the senate Thursday.
and was the subject of considerable
discussion. The bill provides that the
court of insolvency shall have original
Jurisdiction of all proceedings and ac-
tions in divorce and alimony as now
possessed by the common pleas court
and like jurisdiction of an appeal from
the decision of Justices Of the peace
tharptn G.
cs. Senator Wolcott explained the con-
gested conditions of the common pleas
courts of Cuyahoga county; how far be-
hind they were with the docket and
that this bill was to relieve the pres
sure. The bill was passed
washington, JAN 2S.-In the senate
the Teller resolution. which provides for
the payment of bonds In silver. was
passed by vote of AZ to 39.
House.
Washington, Jan 25.-Mr. Smith,
Democrat, Arlzonla, made an attack on
the present system of educating the
Indians. He declared that the Car.
Isle and IIampden schools were
q mistake that an Indian could not be
civilized by teaching him to read and
write and sing psalm. The Indian, he
said. must receive an industrial educa.
| tion but II must be given him in the
this bill he said, $2,50O,0OO was wasted
Mr.. Walker, Republican. Massachu.
sets, moved to strike out the appropri-
alton for the Carlisle school. Without
| voting on the amendment the House
| adjourned.
Washington, Jan. 2e.-.The house at
| once went into committee of the whole
| for further consideration of the Indian
appropriation bill. Mr.. Sherman, OF
| New York. speaking to the pending
| motion eliminating the appropriation
| for the support of the Carlisle Indian
school refuted the charges made yes.
terday that IL was not an industrial
school. Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois. con-
demned the present system of educat-
| Ing Indians at schools and then send.
ing them back to the reservation tc
relapse into the former state. This he
characterized as refined cruelty. His
remedy was breaking up the tribal
| relations and alloting the Indians
their land In severalty.
| Washington, ID, c.. Jan. 2I-The
| house to-day finally succeeded In pass
ing the Indian appropriation bill and
the political debate which has been
raging since Monday was transferred
to the District of Columbia bill. which
followed it, Only two important
changes made in the Indian bill, as
passed, were the elimination of the
| provisions for the leasing of the Gil
| sonite mineral lands of the kiowa, Co
manche, Apache and Wichita reserva-
| tons, both of which went out on points
| of order.
The house bill of Mr.. Jones. ef Stark
providing for weighing coal before
| screening, occupied the attention OF
the house of representatives Thursday
| for a considerable length of time anc
II passed without a dissenting vote
The miners have long contended fol
| ct,fsh m
will work for "A lower rate of mining
| and that as Pennsylvania and Illinois
| have such laws the passage of 1t here
will tend to uniformity.
The house passed Mr.. Davis house
bill No. II to give the state inspector
OF workshops and factories more power
to enforce his orders for changes iT
public buildings and shops In the in
| terest of safety. There IL a time limit
allowed owners of such buildings, ant
this bill gives the inspector authorit,
to enforce his orders Immediately ir
| cases where so much time Is not con
sidered necessary.
Washington, ID. c.. Jan 2S.-The bill
to pay the book publishing company o.
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
$2SS 900 for damages sustained by tina,
corporation during the war, after en-
counterng an obstinate filibustel
which STAYED off a vote on two previous
| was liiptNu w itS poS'
sage in the house to-day by Mr.. Cooper
of Texas, who was In charge of tn,
measure. The friends of the measur,
proved themselves In an Overwhelming
majority and the opposition to-day, lee
by Mr.. Dalzell finding 1t could holt
out no longer reluctantly yielded. The
vote on the bill was 1ss-67.
cycling Norcs.
1t costs $1,000 year to run the T.. A. W
headquarters in New York City.
Wheelmen generally arc watching tn,
chainless wheel question closely.
The bicycle, 1t IL expected, will play
prominent part at the Paris Exposition o
1900
Four years ago bicycles Weighing thirty
Ave pounds were considered to be ligh
enough.
One of the magistrates in New York ha
decided that bicycle Is n necessity, not
luxury.
The man who makes guesscs places tn
number OF cyclists in the United States II
1900. 900.
The Boston Bicycle Club is the oldes
cycling organization In the country.
Massachusetts good roads men are agi
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