Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-05-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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ir the senate. on the .esh a rsr..,i~n 10
consider the petIixr~w Bn~r-sfupatay
r-,cia'ieu vas vesasj de~ns - - The
rs'nf~ren~r repor, on the Joint Porto Riso
9. .scluflou wsS agreed to The AlaNkan
civi cosie bili occupied most ef the se--
ssou- but no prrxr~~s war made some
ir the house the Lacey htli 20 enlarge the
lHN~fs or the department af agriculture
was passed senate hill to create q eous-
n.i--i"n % ave 10 Investigate and report
VIZ" thf Industrial AMI commercial con
citlon- - china aud Japan snd the biil
t"t constitutional amendment 20 dis
a'tahty psIly mirt-. etc w-r~ considered.
-aeh developing much opposition
lr the senate. on the ist. tn Aiaskan
etvtl ss~i- piu. which had b~~n under cor
Shi~rntiou fo- u1f~ than two months, HA4
f1sssd. To make this possible Mr. Garter
Nuhdr~~ The Amendment relating to alien
heation of mining claims ami all Other
points IN di-p1t~ Tho army appropriation
Sati s4rrN tng fnsfr than hundred
and fourteen million dollars was th~a
tak~n 40. An amendment fafhtsidinx the
ptts hAse q supplies from known frrssfs
sas d~feAtrsi. fr the huts=. for ire
nrst time IN the - years % iufsr-oreamie
carat discussion. hili ionkias 20 ~
actual cop.trurtior ~ = canal was tak=n
up and durirx an ar-dsy disrt-sion ss-
fsts p~si much opposition. N vartnsts
p-sinfss firm na~rib-r~. al ot ~hom D.
ciAref th.uas~fyes friends - proper oiii
a. a pf~p~r time
""IIaN"a
rrorristiou biii BEING unsisr consideration
the adrninis'rssinn wa~ bitterly attacked
by Mr Turner tf-n " ash D for the ae-
eenrnosistion- Afforded IN. rrturuing vol
unf-~rs frorn the Philippines ant NJ
P~ttikr~w. for not di-charsing the Souta
Dakota volunteers WHEN their fim~ hal
expired ....-i In the house, after tho storm
lr-t debate % the pre~~ut session. the
remarkable vote q - - 4 Il .ufhcriH--
the president % acquire tn necessary ter
ritory from Nicaragua and Costa hisaa
and ths sscr~farH' uf war. under direction
af th- president. 20 excavat~ and con-
strurt th~ canal and makes Immediately
available Fe.lsslea a total appropria
tien q nsa.eeo.-" toward the project con
t~snpiatesi
In the senate. On the ~ the motion OF
NJ Hear tu sske up thu resolution L.
clarinx that Nr CLARK 81 Montana. was
not duty ~lrcs@s to the senate. va
adopted and further consideration of the
matter postponed for q Ne~k The army
apprurrtatipu hiu Nas passed The So
sipE stos~a with the passage Of a mum
e.r ot p-nsien bills In the house tbs
free hom~- biii was par--d without
division The remainder of the days So
siou vAs devoted o. consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation ball. the last.
but one. of the great supply bills
In the senate. on the 9TH. after dcbat.
lasting oniy thre. hours. the army r-or-
Eanixafion hill was passed In military
cisci~s this l. regarded as the most i'm
porfnnt MEASURE acted upea by the pr~s-
ent session r~volutinuininE a. IL does.
the entire present stan arrangements -.
In the house the <g0dry civil appropria-
tion htH was under consideration and e
Of the IL pages of the measure w~r~
completed Much of the time was con
Sume,i by the members Of the naval com
mitte- in an effort to cripple the coast
ami geosietic survey I'm retaliation for the
refusal of the house to place the survey
os the waters OF our ln-uiar possessions
in the hands of the navy