Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-09
DOiNOS OF CONGRESS.

the United States navy TO accept med
ais presented TO them by the Russian
government; creating the Mount Ran
Ter national park in the state of Wash
ington; the navy personnel bill; also
bills authorizing the construction of
public buildings at Norwich, Conn;
st. Cloud, Mimi; Salem, Ore; Annis-
ton, Ala. Annapolis, Md; GAINESVILLE,
Wis. Eau Claire, Wis; Oskaloosa, Ia.
Creston, Ia: Streator, H.; Columbus,
Ca; Rome, N. Y; Leadville, Colo. !;
Newport, VT; New iberia, La; Car
rollton, KY. Freeport, Ill; Winston,
N. c., and charging public building at
Macon, Ga. For taking the twelfth
census; the Buffalo exposition bill; to
reimburse governors of states and ter
ritories for expenses incurred in the
Spanish war; providing new build
ing for the department OF justice in
Washington; making appropriations
for Notifications and other works of
defense; for bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at YanlSton, 5. d.; for the
relief of the international cotton press
company, New Orleans; to unable the
city of Albuquerque, n NJ, to create
Indebtedness; providing for the allow
ance of certain claims reported by the
accounting officers of the treasury; for
public buildings, additions, etc, as fol-
lows: Cleveland, o.; Baltimore, Md.
custom house; New Brighton, Pa;
Lockport Pa; Stockton, Cal; Los An
geles, CAL and also those authorizing
First Lieut.. Jno. II. Williams, Sd artil
lery; Col. Victor Vifquain, Sd Nebraska
volunteers, and Lieut.. +. A. Bates,
u. ). volunteers, to accept certain dec
orations and honors from foreign po-
tentates.
The President has approved the fol-
lowing bills: For the investigation of
leprosy in the United States; for the
purchase of sites for public building at
Hastings and Norfork Neb., Butte
City, Mont, Joplin, Mo, Seattle,
Wash, Oakland, Cal, Beaumont, Tex,
Abilene, Tex, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Blair, Neb., FL
gin, Ill, Jackson, Miss, Menominee,
Mich: increase cost at Omaha, Neb. !;
addition to building at Canton. o.,
Dubuque, Ia, Hot Springs, Ark, Kan
sas City, Kas., Monmouth, ILL.,, Joliet,
ILL.,, Minneapolis, Mimi; additional
property for use of postoffice at Gin
| ton, Ia. also an Appropriation of $780,
600, 900 to carry out provision of peace
treaty with Spain.
In the senate three or more Of minor
hA nj 1ar hn, re
cleared entirely of private pension bills
and of measures correcting military
and naval records. Two measures of
national Importance were passed, the
Notifications appropriation bill and
the bill providing code of criminal
laws for the district of Alaska. A
provision for the high licensing of Ii
quor traffic in the latter measure was
defeated by decisive vote. The con-
ference reports on the census and naval
personnel bills were agreed to. The
bill appropriating $500, 900 for the Buf-
falo exposition, which passed the
house, was also passed, and all these
measures now go to the President.
The senate is rapidly clearing its
desks for final adjournment The
naval appropriation bill, which ordin-
arily consumes the time of the senate
for several days, was passed after less
than five hours debate. One impor-
tant amendment was made TO the bill
making reduction of the amount
agreed upon by the house to be paid
for armor plate $500 per ton, or S14;
less than the amount fixed by the
house, and in the event armor plat,
manufacturers refused to sell at that
figure, to proceed to the construction
of an armor factory at a cost of $780,,
900, and placing in the secretary's con
troll 81, 100000 with which to operate
the government plant.
In the house the senate bill, carrying
81, 900. 900 for new building
for the department of justice, wa'
passed and two public building bill.
attached by the senate to bills for pub
lie buildings in other cities were agreed
to, one appropriating S25O,oOo for /;
building at Los Angeles, Cal, and tn,
other $4,000 for building at New
Brighton, Pa. The senate bill appro
priating S14s,000 to purchase 1906
acres of land, in accordance with tn,
provisions of the treaty with the Lowe
Brule Indians, was passed.
The amendment which Senator Hans
brough offered to the army reorganiza
ton bill and which became a part o
that measure, prohibiting officers o
soldiers from selling Intoxicating
drinks, in any post or exchange, wa
more far reaching than first appeared
1t goes further and prohibits any othe
person from selling such liquors in an!
encampment or any place used for mil
itary purposes. This will exclude Ii
quors from all military reservations.
The closing day of the 55th congress
was characterized by excitement, con
fusion and dsagreements in both tn
house and senate. However, the arm
appropriation bill was agreed to an,
passed, and this and the rivers an,
harbors bill have gone to the Presi
dent, but the armor plate amendmen
hung up the naval appropriation
measure.
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