The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-20
OF int ERESl
10 vIRCINIlA!'NS'. | | |! !.
important Bills to Come Before
Congress This Week.
OMNIBUS c lAI ms MEASURE. f. ]:
Contains Appropriations for virginia's
Claimfor Expenses During Mexican
War and also Richmond
College. Il
OMNIBUS CLAIMS MEASURE.
gather on tuesday: .t
Special Dispatch to The Hmes.)

Especial Dispatch to The Hmes)
WASHINGTON. April 19.-There will
be several bills up before the House dur
ing: tho coming week IN wi, i2h the State,
Ecf Virginia is directly Interested. At
ter Monday, which has been set apart
for the consideration of matters per-
tanning to the District ofFColunbfa, the
first Of the calendar is the omnibus! war
claims bill, which comes up on tues
da
This bill. as passed by the Senate and
approved by the House Committee on
War Claims, contains provisions for the
readjrstment and settlement Of claims
of certain of the States. Virginia. included.
for ors$expenditures made during the war
of 1872 Also the Richmond College claim.
for So, 600. In addition to these two i'm
portant matters. there are numerous pri-
vate claims Of. Virginians amounting to
more than $4,000.
Owing to objection offered by Repre-
sentative Maddox of Georgia, when the
bill came up about two weeks ago, to
unanimous consent to its consideration.
it will probably go to conference.
On "Wednesday the oleonargarine bill
will be brought up. This bill comes back
from tho Senate with an amendment pro-
viding for a tax on renovated butter.
The House Committee on Agriculture has
| agreed to the Senate amendment. and it
Sit passes the House the bill will become a
law without going to the Senatesa second
| tinle.E .syss
PUBLIC BUILDINGS BILL.
The bill of greatest interest to Rich
| nlond people is. however, the omnibus
| public building bill. Chairman Mercer
| hopes to have a final vote of the COM
| mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
| on Monday, in which case the bill will be
| Immediately reported, ana an effort made
to have.it brought UP for considerat ton on
| Thursday. AS an appropriation bill. it
has right Of way, and may be called up
at any time.
I 1t lis 8rumored, to-day. however. that
| there is a big fight on in the committee
ON the appropriation for Toledo, Ohio,
which may hang the report up for several
days, so that it will be the middle of
the week before the bill comes out Of the
| committee.
| The members of the committee are very
| reticent, and it is extremely difficult to
get any information whatever in regard
| to their movements. It is the general
! opinion, however, that the bill is practi-.
| ca!lys completed. and that a report of It
may. be looked for any day a fter Monday,
! when the committee is supposed to meet
for a final vote.
Besides Richmond, the Virginia cities
interested in4this bill are Portsmouth.
Norfolk Suffolk, Newport News, Char
|5lottesvilles and Alexandria.
THE SENATE CALENDAR.
In the Sena tie the bill to provide for a
| temporary government in the Philippine
Islands is on the calendar as unfinished
| business but Sena tor Frye. chairman OF
| the Committee on Commerce, will try to
| have the river and harbor bill brought
| up on Monday.
wit h. this matter. Sela-
| tor Martin said to- day
e'While II cannot say positively when
| the river and harbor bill will come up
for consideration in the Senate, am
! of the opinion that twill be allowed
to come up on Monday. Senator#fTye,
| who has charge Of this measure, is very
!, anxious that lit should pass the Senate
/ at an early date, and ! he is now trying
! to arrange for$its gconside ton on. Mon
day.
IT think Virginia is very well provided
j for in2 the bill = continued Senator Mar
i tin. When the bill came to the Senate
4 from the House here were already on
4 IL. some good tens, and feel. .tha t. the
Senate Committee on Commerce dealt
very IA irly with Virginia in the matter
j of amendments. II am particularly graft
i fed that the amendments affecting the
i flames River at Richmond and the Apo
tsmattox got through, because IN these
cases! twas not so much the matter OF
the amount Of ia he appropriations in
i svclved as the recognizing of the plans sof
a Improvement to the head of navigation
4 Tor the j James and the diversion of the
Il 9l7Apponattox that t 5we5swanted. is&very
4 sincerely hoped that all the items affect
4 ing Virginia " i'll be IN the bill when it IS
i final passed.
A eculiarzA ccident.
(srecial Dispatch to The Times.
s. BLACKSTONE. April 81 s. - Mrs.
a Hurt t,Swife e. OF Cashte Joseph II 9 Hurt.