The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-21
FIFTY-sRTH CONGRESS.
Second session.

Pauncefote treaty. No business of
Importance was transacted in the
brief open session except the adop-
ton of the house resolution provid-
ing for a holiday recess to extend
from Friday, December 81, to Thurs
day, January 3.
House-The house adjourned Fri
day without disposing of more than
half the war revenue reduction bill
An effort to reduce the tax on beer
failed. Mr.. Smith (Mich.) had an
amendment passed compelling the ex-
press companies to pay for stamps
on express receipts instead of the
shipper A reapportionment bill was
introduced making the membership
of the house 357.
Washington, Dec 17.-No business
of Importance was transacted in the
senate Saturday.
House-The house Saturday passed
the war revenue reduction bill. The
amendment placed in the bill to tax
express receipts was defeated by a
vote of 125 to 139. Mr.. Powers (Vt)
offered an amendment providing that
the income tax would not be levied
on the estates of persons who died
prior to June Is, 1898. 1t was adopt
ed-S4 10 43. The pension appropria-
ton bill, carrying $145.745 ,23O, also
passed. Representative Norton intro
duced the following bill: Providing
that any regularly enlisted soldier of
the war of the rebellion who served,
by detail or assignment, on duty as
commissioned officer, shall be emit
tied TO the same pay as a regularly
commissioned officer for duties so
performed, and shall be considered as
promoted and mustered to that rank,
whether commissioned or not, and
shall be entitled to the same grade of
pension as is provided for officers of
the rank in which SAID soldier was as
signed to duty.
Washington, Dec. 1s.-Senate-The
senate was in open session only one
hour Monday, the remainder of the
Legislative day being spent in eXecu-
tive session upon the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. No Legislative business aside
from the purest routine was transact
ed. The senate in executive session
agreed to give its adhesion to the
convention to regulate the importa-
Tion of Intoxicating liquors into GER
tain regions of Africa.
Householder suspension of the
rules the house Monday passed bills
to divide Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia into two judicial districts, to
create another district judge in the
northern district of Ohio and to refer
to the secretary of the interior for
investigation the claim of the state of
Texas for moneys expended on public
improvements in Greer county before
the decision of the supreme court
placed it within the jurisdiction Of.
Oklahoma. One hundred and two pri-
vate pension bills were passed.
Washington, Dec. 19.-Senate-Th
friends of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
occupied nearly all of the time of the
senate in executive session Tuesday,
Senators Foraker and Morgan being
the speakers. Previous to the taking
up of the treaty the senate disposed
of several other treaties. Five con-
ventions in all were ratified. Among
the documents thus disposed of was
an agreement supplementary to the
HayPauncefote treaty itself and ex-
tending the time within which it may
be ratified. Under the terms of the
original treaty the time for ratifca-
tion expired five months ago. The
agreement favorably passed upon
Tuesday extends the time until
March 4, during which the treaty
may be completed
House-The house devoted the day
TO District of Columbia business.
The entire time was occupied in con-
sidering a bill to change the terminal
facilities of the Pennsylvania railroad
in this city and to provide for the ele-
walton of its tracks across the mall
south of Pennsylvania avenue. After
much fiibustering the friends of the
bill succeeded in securing a recess I'M
I'll II o'clock Wednesday, in order to
continue the legislative day and COM
plete consideration of the bill.
Washington, Dec. 20-Senate-The
house resolution placing Representa-
tive Charles Boutelle (Me.) on the
navy retired list as captain passed
Wednesday. Seventy-one private PEN
sion bills were passed, including two
giving pensions of $50 a month to
the widows of Gen. John A. McCler-
nand and Gen. John A. Palmer. A
bill to give a pension of $40 to the
widow of James A. Mercer, late pro-
fessor of civil and military engineer
ing at West Point, was also passed
The urgent deficiency bill was passed
without debate. The full senate com
mittee on military affairs has adopt
cd the army reorganization bill re-
ported by its subcommittee. The
maximum strength of the army is to
De 100000 men.
House-At the end of a spirited
contest extending over two days, the
house passed bills to compel the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
railroads to abolish grade crossings,
to alter their routes into the city and
to change their terminal facilities.
An amendment WIS placed upon the
Pennsylvania bill to require the road
TO build new station to cost not
less than S1,5OO,OOO.
Acquiring Coal Lands.
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