Show HOUSE Washington GScale chairman of the committee of Indian affairs reported a resolution directing that the committee investigate and report upon the origin of tbe recent outbreak out-break of Ute Indians and authorizing authoriz-ing it to send for persons and papers The resolution was adopted Scaes also reported a resolution calliog on the secretary of the interior for copies of all correspondence since the Jet of January 1879 by N C Metker < < wtb tbe secretary of the in I tenor or the commissioner of Indian flairs and copies of all correspon dence by Governor Pitkin Generals Hatch and Adam and Special Agent Pollock with the interior department concerning the Ute Indians Adopted Reagan chairman of the committee commit-tee on commerce reported a resolution resolu-tion calling on the secretary of the treasury for a ttitement of all montya j paid into the treasury under the act of June 7 1872 by the respective j j United States shipping commission ore Adopted I I aftlle also reported back two bills irevioasly referred to lhat committee in regard to the Panama Ship Canal Company and they were referred to lin nelect committee on that subject B akburn submitted the report oft of-t 10 committee on rules and it was referred to the committee of the whole i Tho House then went Into com 1 mitee of the whole Carlisle in the chair on the report of the committee on rules At the suggestion of Kcifer Back burn agreed that a right should be reserved to the absent members of the comm ttee on rules Garfield and Frye to ofler amendments on their I return to such portions of tho repoit as may have been pn scd over before their return Cox thought it rather peculiar that the gentleman up in Maine looking after that state Iud Vie gentleman in OhO looking ater that state should be tho only persons privileged to oiler amendments at ceitiin times He thought it would be better to suspend the consideration of the rules until to morrow so as to give the members an opportunity to read the report Blackburn made no objection and the committee accordingly rose Hawk introduced a bill directing the issuance of patents for lands which bad been located on by bounty land Warrants Referred Forney announced the death of Senator Houston and the boise asa as-a mark of respect adjourned |