Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-05-25

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dividuals and corporations whose in
tention was to monopolize or obstruct
the building of an Isthmian or Nioara-
guam canal. He stated that the OBJ
ject Of the inquiry is to enable he
president of the United States to
check, escape from or destroy con-
spiraoy-founded in fraud and cor
ruption and arrogance - against the
highest rights and privileges of the
people and government of the United
States. Mr.. McCumber, Of North Car
olina, addressed the senate on the Phil
lippine question. Mr.. Mason resumed
his discussion of the pneumatictubr SER
vice and that was the pending question
when the senate adjourned at $50
p. m.
Saturday.-At the opening Of the
session President pro tenn Frye laid be-
fore the senate dispatch from Gov.
lSmith, of Montana, announcing that
he had revoked the appointment Of W.
A. Clark as senator made by Lieut..
Gov. Spriggs, and had appointed Hon.
Martin Maginnis to fill the vacancy.
The telegram was referred to the COM
| mitee on elections. The senate resum-
ed consideration Of the postoffice ap-
preparation bill, the question pending
being the committee amendment ex-
tending the pneumatic tube service.
Mr.. ..Hoar submitted substitute for
this amendment but it was lost by a
vote of 18 to 80. The section went
over. After the ceremonies of receiv-
ing the statues of Messrs. Benton and
Blair, of Missouri for the statuary hall
Of the capital the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Monday.-The house today passed
the general deficiency appropriation
bill and the military academy bill.
Mr.. DeArmond of Missouri, during
the debate, severely arraigned the
administration for It's Porto Rico pol
icy and its cowardi"e in allowing no
official utterance of .sympathy for the
Beers. At sos p. M, the house ad-
adjourned.
Tuesday. When the session opened
Mr.. Gillett, of Massachusetts, asked
unanimous consent to consider the SEN
ate bill to incorporate the Red Cross
society. Mr.. Bailey objected to the
bill, and no further consideration was
given it. The military academy bill
was agreed and passed with an
amendment forbidding "hazing." The
house at 4:45 p. M, adjourned
| Wednesday. With some difficulty
it was agreed that the minority Of the
judiciary committee should have until
Monday to file their views upon anti
trust bill. The senate bill to incorpor-
ate the American Red Cross was pass
ed. No progress was made with the
Alaskan code bill owing to the inabll-
ity Of the two sides to agree as to the
time to be allowed for general debate.
Thursday the house met
today, Mr.. Burton, of Ohio, chair
man of the rivers and hsrbcrs COM
mittee, asked unanimous consent for
the consideration of special river
and harbor bill making provision for
emergencies in river and harbor
work, for certain surveys and for
the diversion OF certain appropria-
tions heretofore made. The amount
carried by the bill, including the di-
versions, is 100000. The bill was
passed.
Friday.-For the first time since the
civil war the house today passed a
measure to pay confederate soldiers for
losses growing out of the civil war. 1t
was a bill introduced by Mr.. Cox, of
Tennessee. Among the allowances
made were to pay Rev. w. T. Noel
roy $50, 265 for rent of building at
Louisville. KY, to pay the trustees OF
Carson Newman College at Mosey
Creek, Tenn, IS. 600 for the use of its
buildings during the war; to pay the
heirs of T. w. Wilson, of Corinth,
Miss, 4,418 for property taken dur
ng the civil war; to pay A. 7. Hens
ley, of Lavaca. Tex, $45, $50 for SER
vices to the United States; to pay
the trustees of Holsted Seminary,
New Market, Tenn, $4,000; to pay
Robert Small, formerly representative
from South Carolina, $4,000 for ser.
vices in taking the steamer. Plantersafe'
ly out of the mouth of Charlestonharbol
cember 1, 1868; to refer the claims oi
Chalkley Gotd, of Statesville, N. c.,