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Show IVhnt I'ucilto toast Coiil'pcss-mvu Coiil'pcss-mvu arc Uoiu. Washington ,Ut. Senator Sargent 's bill relative to a I'aeitio railroad grant provides that all lands granted but not yet patented to the Atlantic Pacific railroad company, shall bo declared lor lei ted aud revert absolutely absolute-ly to the public domain. His bill to protect persons uf foreign birth against constraint or involuntary servitude is designed to remedy detects de-tects iu tho law enacted by the last congress for the protection of Italian children, kidnapped for use as street musicians, Jcc. Senator Kelly's bill respecting the boundaries of Oregon, provides for amu-xiug the Washington territory counties ot Walla Walla aud Columbia, Colum-bia, to that state, if a majority of the voters in said counties shall acquiesce. acqui-esce. Mitchell's bill for annexing Alaska to Washington territory and establishing estab-lishing a civil government therein, proposes to treat it in all material respects procise'y line the existing counties in Washington territory. .Representative Lultrell, to-day, had an interview with tho secretary of lite interior relative to lauds belonging be-longing to Assignees of the Oregon Military Wagon K:id company, now occupied as a reservation for Klamath Indians. It is said to be impracticable impractic-able to remove the Indians without war, and therefore a ciaini is made for the value of the lands, or lor lieu lands. Secretary Chandler has promised prom-ised that he would take the matter into consideration with a view to its early settlement. |