Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16


treaty was ratified by the senate by
majority.
Washington, Feb. 8.-For two hours
the senate had the McEnery resolution
declaTatory Of the policy Of this gov
eminent ia the Philippines under dis
c1ssion but no vote was reached and
the resolution went finally to the cal
eudar.
Jne indian appropriation bin was
taken up. On motion Of Mr. Petit
grew. tha bin vas amended by the
Insertion OF the agreement between
the Lower Brule ana Rosebud Indians
for ihe transfer Of the Brules to the
Rosebud reservations When the com
mittee amendments providing funIg
for Indian schools were reached Mr..
Galllnger frep NJ H. objected to the
amendment providing FOR contrac;
schools. lie opposed appropriating
public money for sectarian schools.
Mr.. Allison, in charge Of the bill, said
be thought that this would be the last
appropriation for sectarian schools.
Mr.. Pettigrew objected and declared
his intention for insisting upon these
appropriations In the future as In the
past. - r .~'- ',---'---.r.
Mr. Spooner rep, WIS., presented
the credentials OF senator-elect J. V.
Quarles OF Wisconsin.
Washington, Feb. 8.--The house
spent the day In consideration OF the
public building bills The committee
had reported rs bills for buildings IN
81 states, authorizing In the aggregate
an expenditure Of $14sG0 900 Little
or no opposition developed and the
bills were favoraDly acted upon almost
as rapidly as they could be read. For
ty bills authorizinz appropriations az
gregating s11 $4,000 were laid aside
with favorable recommendation be-
fore adjournment was reached. Among
those fayorably acted upon were: .Jo-
liet, 800 900; Dubuque, 100000; Oma-
In, to increase limit OF cost to 81
100000; Elgln 100000 Creston, $50
900; Evansville, $4,000 Clinton, Iowa.
100000
Washington, Feb. Q In the senate
the Indian appropriation bill was
passed Mr. Money introduced a bill
to enable the secretary Of war to have
he remains Of the captain and crew Of
the Virginius, who were executed in
Cuba IN 1873 exhumed and returned
to the United States There were &c
members of the crew and lG other cit
liens Of the United States executed at
that time and the bin provides that II
their graves cannot be identified the
place of interment Shall be enclosed
and marked. A bin was passed to re-
store pensions to soldiers who had for
feited them by enlistment in the war
with Spain.
In the executive session Mr. HJoar
chairman of the judiciary committee
presented the report OF the committee
adverse to the nomination of Hamil-
ton G Ewart for Judge Of the western
district of North Carolina. MIR Spoon
or also spoke. They stated that
thousand pages Of testimony had been
taken in the case and expressed the
opinion that the charges made against
Ewart were sustained by facts. These
charges were that he was incompetent
as a lawyer and morally unfit to hold
the position lie was accused OF de-
(rauding pensioners and their widows
and selling his public documents while
a member of the house Of representa-
tlves The senate adjourned before
Mr. Spooner had concluded.
Washington. Feb 9.-The net result
of the work during the two days al
lottod for the consideration OF pub
lie building bills in the house was the
ppssSgc OF a single bill providing for
the erection or building at Newport
News, Va. at cost of $4,000. F'a-
vorablc action was taken on the bill
apprupriating $4,000 for a building at
Eau Claire. Wis The senate bin to
amend the law requiring that the bal
lots for members of congress be writ
ton or printed so as to permit the use
of machines, where authorized by the
laws of states was passed