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Show Tiinmo iioisrs. IIIIU 1'ntsrd 111 the X'nnte, lrlbule to it IlcreAfs4 Jlrmber. WiSHivCTO, June U After unimportant business, the Senile proceeded to the consideration of bills on the calendar, and the following fol-lowing Were (Ossed The Senate lulls to amend the laws relating to customs revenue bonds, making the signature of one member of a firm binding on all the member". The Senato hill to p-ovide fora reduction of tlie ItoumI Valley Indian In-dian reservation, California. It rovides for allotments of agricultural agricul-tural land, In ten-acre lots, to the Indians In severalty, an allotment of timber and grazing land lor joint benefit, the acquisition at appraised rates of the land now held by pur-clasers, pur-clasers, a survey of all the remainder remain-der into GJ9 acre lots and tht Ir sale at public auction, the proceeds to be deposited In the treasury, and expended ex-pended annually for the benefit of tlie rndlaan. The Senate hill for the relief of the Mission Indians of California. It provide for tho appointment of a commission to arrange a Just and satlsfaxtory settlement Willi the. Indians In-dians for their lands. Tho Senate bill to provide for tho examination of certain officers of thearmv and tOTeguIate promotions therein. It provides that promotion to every grade below that of llrigad-ler-General throughout each army corps or department shall be made according to seniority In the nest lower grade; prescribes a system of examination of all o Ulcers below the rank cf Major. Jtegular progress In the calendar was Interrupted and at the request of Morrill the Senate bill was taken up to establish an educational fund audtoappl the proceeds of public lands and receipts from certain land grant railroad companies to am u-dowmcut u-dowmcut and tuj poit of colleges for the advancement of tclentlllc and Industrial education. Moirlll addressed ad-dressed the Senate In its advocacy. At the conclusion of Morrill' remarks re-marks tho bill was laid asido without with-out filial actlou. Consideration of the bills ou tlie calendar was resumed andfreveral passed, amoug tlum tlie Seuato bill to credit Major ham. an army pay master, w till $2S,Stt, govern ment funds, cf which ho was rubbed In Arizona in Ma, lss9. After the passage of thirty-fivt pension bills the Senate adjourned. The House went into comtuittieot the Whole on the bundrj Civil Appropriation bill. Aftera numli of uiiK-ti.imenU w ere disposed of,tlu committee rose and proceeded to i ay tribute to the memory of the late Samuel J. Itandall. Among the siakert were Ocelli (Pa ), Fornej (Ala.). Caswell ( Is.) Blouut (Ga ), Dalzell ( Pa ), Ilutltrworth (Ohio) I McComailMd I, Duuuell I Minn), I Mills (Texas), Osborne (Pa.). Mc-CrearylKy.), Mc-CrearylKy.), Firrall (Va.), Ituch-anan Ituch-anan (N. V.), Mansur (Mo.), IIIlam (Ohio). Ileckiurldgo ( Kj .), Covert (:. V.), Ktrr ( Pa ), an I .Mr. Randall's successor, Vaux. Mr. Vaux said, lu jart, that Ilan dall's high rank and great fame were due to his honesty. Ills will power, Iim courage anu nis uetermi-nation, uetermi-nation, his persona! and political iu tegritj wero Ujoiid the reah of suspicion. Schemes, jabs, covtrt efforb) ton-cure (ublic moiuy were millier countenanced nor encour aged bj him. Ils honesty wasthe glory ot his life Those of his party who could nst agrisj with him on some qmstlons bowel before hi' admittedlysta'ulesa honor. Adjourned. Units from VTnliIin.tiiu VAS11I0T0, June U Representative Repre-sentative Payson of I lllnob today reported re-ported from the committee on public lands a substitute for the Senile bill for the acquisition of land for ton it-sites it-sites and commercial purposes in Alaska. The committee, In its ac-comistnylug ac-comistnylug report, says that whl'o the Senate bill proioses a partial re lief, it does not go tar enough. The report refers to the fact that during the tn euty twoy ears that Alaska has beca In possession of the United Slates there has been, with the exception of mining laHs, absolute-Ij absolute-Ij uo legislation tending to encour ageltsduvelopemLntortliat offered rrotedion for the Investment of capital cap-ital and labor to the sev eral thuns and Americans there. Tilt. HOlaU com Jim kU on mines nnd mining today agreed upon a bill having for its ulytct the belter protection of the lives of persons per-sons employ ul as coal miners in the territories. There are five terrltorits that will be affected by tho provl pious of tho bill, nasally, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming. Utah and lu Indian In-dian Territory The bill provides for the appointment of mine Inpec tors for luriiishlng the niiuca with machinery and other apiliauc necesoarj to the salli of the nil-ploj nil-ploj e, w here the are inadequate, cuniels ow mrs or managers to provide pro-vide at least two shafts or other outlets out-lets enralil by Him natural strati of not less than l'x) feet in breadth, bv which shafts stopes or outlets, distinct means ofingres3anl egrt-s sliall always be available to persons employed In said mines, nnJ makes the employment of ihild labor ln minis a misdemeanor. esjNFII.MATIONe. J. P Danklo, Itegi-ter of the Land Office, Kureka. ev., J. H McKnabb, pa-tinv-tcr, Sonomi, Cal; W. II. Wright, postmaster, Coltou, Cal. 1 Ire tn Umalin. Omaha, June I J V lire tonight destroyed tlie main building of the Carter Into Iad Works. Is $150,000, fully Insured. .loekyardi lulunrtlon. Chicaoo, June U. Mastcrln-Chinccr Mastcrln-Chinccr Hojsin issued a restraining restrain-ing order tliis morning which will oiierate as a -top lu the negotiations lor the transfer of the Union Stockyards Stock-yards Compan , pending final till gallons. Ilriwl! s l.reosnlllou Pakis, June 15 Acco-dlng to a liartlsan tiensjciper, the minister of I foreign afTnlrs is about to decbrn Hie recognition l Franca of tlie I Ilrarillan provisional government. |
