Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-21
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The Senate on Friday receive,
message from the President 49,
lty with Cuba. A resolution W.,
by Mr.. Mitchell directing tbo "s
On Pacific Islands and Porto ~ ~
quire into the general conditiaa
waii, the administration of ,ffo;.
the quality, condition and voIm.
public lands in Hawaii: tho cro ,'e
and the title of the former oue"n
IN; with power to sit during ~
and a subcommittee to WISH WV
If necessary and report at tbo Lo
of the next session. Mr.. Hoor
an amendment providing that =,
mittee should inquire Whether -
mer queen has any claim AGAIN
United States, legal or eouitgbIn
son of having parted hitherto ";
title. Mr.. Mitchell accepted tbo ]
ment and the resolution was rnfo~
the committee on Pacific Island
Porto Rico. The House recpivoA
Presidents special message on CnJl
passed the irrigation bill.
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Consideration of the District Of 4
bia appropriation bill was begun
Senate on Saturday and the maj
carrying $9,S4S,673, passed Tho
ton bill, which passed the Honsd
day, was then taken I'D. tbn
amendments agreed to. and tha
passed. A House bill, paying G,
claims heretofore reported by tho
rotary of War, growing out of tba5
with Spain, was passed. Private
sion bills were then taken up and
Der passed. The House passed 19a
sion bills, and at 3:45 p. m. adiolIs
until Monday.
After a discussion extending over 4
of seevral days what is popularity kH
as the London dock charges bin
passed by the Senate on Monday.
opposition to the measure practicable
lapsed and it was passed without diyil
Just before the executive session u
preceded adjournment a spirited lid
sion was precipitated over motion
Mr.. Proctor of Vermont to agree
| conference with the House on the 4
appropriation bill. Several weeks agd
Senate was affronted by a message
the House refusing to submit to col
ence certain Senate amendments I'd
bill. The opposition to Mr. ProctorJ
ton was so vigorous that finally heI
forced to withdraw it for the pref
| The House transacted miscellaneous
| ness under suspension of the rulrsl
included the adoption of resolutions
propriating $50, 900 for the Dreparatid
| plans for a memorial in aShingtI
Abraham Lincoln, 100000 toward
| erection of q monument to the nj
ship martyrs, who died off Brooklyn
| result of the cruelties to which they
subjected by the British during the
dictionary War, and $4,000 for the
ton of a monument at FrederickSI
| Va, to the l.1emOry of Gen. Hugh
GER, who was killed during the Rev
tionary War. Two bills were passol
| dIlCUu
provide for the restoration to the pen
rolls Of the widows of soldiers who
sequently married and were again
| owed, and one to increase the penSiol
! those who have lost a limb or We're ID
| ~ disabled while in the military or nj
service. The latter bill also carries
vision to increase the pension Of
der under the dependent act Of
from So to $50 per month when
pensioner requires frequent or period
attendance. The resolution calling
the Secretary of War for his reasons
the dismissal of RebeCCa j. Taylor
clerk in the War Department, was
on the table, 100 to 81.
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In the Senate on Tuesday bills "
passed to regulate the communication
United States prisoners for good cond'
to amend the act providing for a
manent census office, so rs to incl
"unskilled laborers' in the list OF u
employed not included in the civil scrN
to provide for refunding taxes NlIo
legacies and requests for uses Oh IT
ious. charitable or educational chdfac
for the encouragement of art, elc' ,
rest of the day was devoted 10 ueO
upon the canal bill. The House Pas
bills to amend the bankruptcy law, !
viding for the. punishment OF 0n'
| States prisoners for crimes couIl"'
while confined in State INSTITUTIONS,
increase the fees Of jurors ID I'm
States courts from 81 to " per gay .
allow appeals from final rulings "
general land office to the Supreme ~
of the District of Columbia u 1n,
Dorate the Society of the Army OIL D"
ago de Cuba, and to ratIIy Inc 80,
ments negotiated by the Dawes 'o" Il
sion with the Creek, Kansas u I'm
Indians of Oklahoma. A ilooSe ." D,'.
provide for the opening to setIIeIn,"
100000 acres Of land in the hi'"",
manche and Apache Indian FcS'' 49,
in Oklahoma was defeated
Tn the Senate practically the entire
Wednesday was taken up WIN J Go
upon the canal bill. A resolution o Ii.,
several days ago by Mr.. Carmack' DIR; olI,
ing the civil service committee 10 n 'na1
into the discharge from the W ar D gor
ment of Miss Rebecca J. Iayior . LO' p
publication of articles in neWSPap..,
icising the President was caIIeu w.
Mr.. Carmack spoke in suppoIl ~ anr
the House the general deticIenc|, l.. T II
priation bill, the last of the Soppl 1,,,
was passed. In the course o. sI Cgnr
marks early in the session Mr. - LAW "
e hI rpuiI nave i'''