Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-13

Missouri; BurIeigh, Maine; howen. new
Jersey; Showalter, Pennsylvania; Conner,
Iowa; Martin, South Dakota; Miner, Wis
consin; Bankhead Alabama; Little, Ar
kansas; Brantley, Georgia: Thomas, North
Carolina; Sheppard, Texas; Meyers, In
diana.
Irrigation of Arid Lands-Tongue, Ore
gon; jenkins, Wisconsin; Ray. New York;
Reeder, Kansas; Mondell, Wyoming;
Switzerland, Utah; Terrell Massachu-
sets; Newlands, Nevada; Neville, Nebras-
ka Underwood. Alabama; Bellamy, North
Carolina.
Following are the chairmen of the re-
manning committees: Census, Hopkins
Qll.); coinage, weights and measures, |
Southland (O): invalid pensions, Sulloway
IN. HI; pensions, Loudenslager On. J0;I
education, Grow Pa.): labor, Gardiner
N. -; militia, Dick 90; patents.
claims, Mahon Pa.); District Of Column
bia, Babcock (Wis.); reform in the civil
service, Gillett (Mass); manufactures,
Steel qnd.): mines and mining, Eddy
(Minn.); library, McCleary (Minn); print
ing, Heatwole (Minn.); select committee
on examination and disposition of docu-
ments, Roberts (Mass); select committee
on industrial arts and expositions,
Tawney (Minn); election of president.
vice president and representatives in con-
gress, Corliss (Mich.); election COMMITTEES
No. /, Tayler (O); elections committee
No 2, Olmsted (Pa.); elections committee
No. 8. Weeks (Mich): Pacific railroads
w. A. Smith (Mich.): railways and
canals, Davidson (Wis.): levees and Inn
proyements of the Mississippi river,
Bartholdt (Mo): revision of the laws,
Warner GID; private land claims G. w.
Smith Gll.); alcoholic liquor traffic. Sper-
ry Comm; ventilation and acoustics,
\. state
department. Ketcham On W: expend-
lures in the treasury department, Cous-
ms Qa.); expenditures in the war depart
ment, Russell Comm; expenditures IN the
! navy department, Stewart IN. -; ex-
penditures in the post office department.
| Wanger Pa.); expenditures in the in
| terror department, Curtis CKan); expend-
| itures in the department of justice, Over
street Gnd0; expenditures in the depart
ment of agriculture, Gillett IN. 70; ex-
| penditures on public buildings, Fletcher
| (Minn); accounts, Bull (R ID.
Holiday Adjournment.
] Washington, Dec. 1.-THE house
Tuesday passed a resolution providing
for holiday adjournment from De-
cember 10 to January 6.
For n Memorial bridge.
Washington, Dec. 11.-Senator Mar
tin introduced a bill for memorial
bridge across the Potomac river at
Washington at cost Of $5,00O,000.
Senate.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE open SEES.
sion of the senate Tuesday was de-
, voted to routine business, such as the
presentation of petitions, memorials
and bills. Senator Morgan (Ala.) in,
troduced bill providing for the con-
struetion of the Nicaragua canal. The
bill provides an aggregate of $1so,o00,'
900. of which $5,000,0O0 is made i'm
; mediately available, and of which ag
gregate sum such amounts as are nee
i; essary to be appropriated by congress:
v from time to time. The control OF The
canal and of the canal belt is vested
in a board of eight citizens of the
!, United States, in addition to the sec
rotary of war, who is to be president
{. Senator Gallinger introduced in thu
j, senate bill to protect the president
/; vice president, persons in the line o
!, succession to the presidency and am
bassadors and foreign ministers. BE
: fore presenting it, he explained tina
i the bill was prepared by Hon. Edga
= Aldrich, United States district judg
" of New Hampshire.
The bill provides for the punishment b
:; death of any person who shall INTENTIONAL
l. kill. or who with intent to kill shall assault
l, the president Of the United States, the vic
!; president, persons In succession to the pres
!; !dency, ambassadors and ministers OF fol
s; eign countries resident in the Unite
/: States. The same penalties are prescribe
q, for persons who shall incite others to an
& of the foregoing deeds. For threatenin
to kill the president or any person In lir
3. of succession, or any ambassador or minil
" ter of any foreign country resident in tn
4; United States, sentence of 30 years Is pro
q; yided, and upon conviction OF any persc
~ who shall expressly, openly or deliberate
r approve Of the intentional or unlawful Kill
q; ing of any of the persons named, the ter
u; Of Imprisonment Is fixed at 20 years. III
;, death penalty is fixed for any person {
u persons associating themselves togeth'
IL or assembling within any state or territor
u for the purpose of discussing and considel
n ing means for killing any person charge
al with the duty of executing the FEEDER
s; laws or any chief or head of a foreign sta
e; or country or any ambassador or minist,
" accredited to the United States The bi
" further provides that persons who sha
openly or deliberately advocate the violel
n overthrow of any and all law to the pref
n dice of good order and the well being Of eli
n; ilization, upon conviction, shall be impri
a; oned for a period of ten years. or less,
w Justice In the particular case may requiI
a; Washington, Dec 1.-THE sena,
a; Tuesday after routine business, upo
;. motion of Senator Lodge, at 49,.
" w. o'clock went into executive session,
til Senator Lodge spoke in favor of Il
tn treaty saying all Objectionable fe4
n: lures of the last treaty had been r,
r. moved; that the Clayton-Bulw.
c. treaty standing SO long in the way
canal had been removed; that tx
=, n change In article was of material in
~ portance. He said the concession
X; were ample for the United States il
n, terests.
y, Adjournment without further col
s: sideration was in order to give ii
democratic caucus committee an Of
e, portuuitY TO consider the treaty,
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