The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-02-08
FIFTY-SIxTH CONGRESS.
First Session.

al New dreans 70 who Sad criticised Sf hs
and tsey hsh
ment in going to war against the Beers.
He asked 81 a hs se h to Ss rs viii
same strain, as did also Mr.. Lodge. Mr..
plne anestion neraa afsR tsat T." his
the right to govern themselves.
deed b scSo for Se
construction Of 2 public building at Xenis.
S to pensoss He Gf ao
$50 q month, Col. Rosseau was an offieer
of the 18th Kentucky infantry. Mr.. Bo.
minor pension bills. Representative John:
authorizing the secretary OF the treasury
t. pay to the frustees br OF the Mouth thu, OF
Wer vraRna FERRIS. ar edoe
destroyed by United states troops during
the civil war. Mr.. Clayton introduced a
tary % and naval wal forces u Of the Uni United I states
be Withdrawn from the island Of. Cuba,
to the Cuban people. A bill to require pi-
lots and officers of steam vessels to make
oath to their applications for licenses was
PASSED.
Washington, Jan. 3o-senate..-A bill
providing. that the cannon on the gum
boat Nashville, from which the first shot
be condemned and presented to the city
of Nashville was passed. Senator Bacon
Spne three Inc II psmsan on eaen he
ear ed weas feef he n hs bills % S
So a month: to pay 5000 to af the widow Of Of
a dispatch bearer in the Sioux war w.
v. Sullivan, recently elected senator from
Mississippi. was sworn in.
/ .I..
short time and TRANSACTED no business
were introduSsed among them being the
Wdow of Lewis s Psmn a sth ndependen
company Ohio volunteer cavalry, at the
mest to Farley conerty s$oo via, interest
at 8 per cent. since October Is, 1863. that
nF ssng Gs asat sta psa phe fR % him thngS in t
Maggie NJ. Myers, widow Of seanard Ny
fantry, and Lee Kinney, Company C.,
11lth Ohio volunteer infantry at the rate
| of $4 month each.
Washington. Jan. s1:-senate-A heated
debate took place over the Philippine
question. Mr. Pettigrew wished state
,nent made, by Aguinaldo., that Dewey
printed in the Record His actions were
denounced by a number of senator's Mr..
he as Of he
scene the financial bill was taken up
and discussed by Mr.. Berry and Mr..
House-After. the transaction of mis-
cellaneous business the house went into
committee of the. whole on. the Indian
s9pRsGRs,a''0n s9'$ss. .3os' DILL ine Dill carries
Washington, Feb. 1-Senate-Nearly
the entire morning hour in the senate was
'occupied by Mr. Allen (pop., Neb.) in the
concerning his transactions with the Ma
tional City, bank of New York. Mr.. Dam
the hpe eendns
ure. He vigorously opposed the propo-
siti9n that the country should go, to the
Indiana, and Charles G. Bennett, of New
York. were sworn In as sergeant-at-arms
and secretary of the senate respectively.
| inence in the Fifty-fourth congress by
his earnest championship OF, free silver.
| their opposition to expansion in speech
that made the floor and galleries roar.
silver and is now generally out of line
With his his colleagues on On the the demoeratis
mediation in the Transvaai war, lynch
ings in the south and the jury law in
with the Indian appropriation bill, which
was under consideration.
Washington. Feb 2,-Senate-Several
bills were passed as follows: To extend
tion of dutiable goods to the port of AS
toria Ore; recognizing the ,gallantry OF
F.; H. , Meweomb &C, SG,ommanding aaanlh revenue
also retiring Capt. D. B. Hogsdon, of the
revenue cutter service, for efficient and
Hagh HurhorHs Mecuiiech eo at Manila; aathorizine OF
the secretary of war to use $4,000 of the
appropriation for the support Of the ,regu-
ending June 3O 1900; for the construction
of a modern military hospital at Fort
Of Communication or ration to the the petty @ OF.
ficers of the navy who served on detached
dutgs ,sad between March l. 1885, and November
House-The house devoted its attention
to the Indian appropriation. bill. 1t go,
no further, however, than the appropria
was inaugurated BY Mr. Fitzgerald, oi
Interior to contract with schools. for tn,
government lacks facilities. No appro
priation is made for contract schools II
indian School facilities are inadeqSass
Washington, Feb S.-Senate-Not IL
was passed; It was slightly amended Il
revive the policy Of making contracts witt
dian children. which has been graduall.
last five years, failed on the ruling Of tn
chair that the amendment offered was ou
, of order. The latter part of the session
was devoted to eulogies upon the life ant
public services of the late Representativ,
Ermentrout, of Pennsylvania.
Mosquitoes and Malaria.
Berlin, Feb. 2.-Prof. Robert Kotch
the celebrated bacterologist, in tn,
J Deutsche Medicinitsche Wochen
schrift, reporting upon the results o
J the Java malaria expedition, says tina
these fully corroborate his theor,