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Show THE END REACHED. The Ranm Inreittjxtloa Commllt llrlnj- their Inqnlrr to a Clow. OTHER MATTERS WIRED FROM WASHINGTON. President Harriwn Interests Himself Him-self In I he rreent Financial Finan-cial Situation. WRECK ON THE UTAH A NORTHERN NORTH-ERN RAILROAO. DIsburxemenM bjr the Treasury Be- partmfoL Forxnatioa or a Ketlnrocllj Lesnc. Cj Telrzrapa to the N'xwa. WAsmUTov m;v. Thf lUnm Inqalrx I lol.brd.-.Xr-T'l' I'opalallon. Olbrr Mat. Vasiiiotos, Sct. 12. Ingall.' bill to apjily the general law of OrcRon, as far an npjilicable, to the District of Ala.Ln and authorize the United States Circuit Court of Oregon Ore-gon to try caea arising In Alaska, as today sent to the Senate JuJIcI-ary JuJIcI-ary committee, Chairman Tlatt (of tile territories oommlttec) rrportlni; that his rommlttifdid not roicrly iiavo Juri-dlctlon of Uie bill. Tbe olect ot this nurture Is to wcure a judicial determl nation by the United States Supreme Court of tbti rights of the United States in Ueluing Sea. THE ACSTRALIAN MAILS. Chairman lllngham of the I'ost-ofllce I'ost-ofllce Committee tolay introduced In the House a Joint resolution to authorize tbu Postmuter-Ueneral to traniiort the Australian clowd mall from San FrantUco to New York, for Great Britain at reduced rate (n order to cecure tbe conjuration of the colonies in service U.twen San Francisco nnd Auckland and Sydney, Syd-ney, now subsidized by Xew.Zea-land Xew.Zea-land and New South Wales. TIIK CESSUS OKHCK to-day announced tbe following: Virginia City, ICer., 0,33,, a de-ereasuof de-ereasuof 4,5S0; Carson City, Jev., I,(S0. a decrease of 1,409: Denver, 100,00 (. an Increase of 71,011. THE ItATJU INVKTIUATIOV COM-JIITTEE COM-JIITTEE met this morning In the Pension building for the purrioso of taking the testimony of 1SS clerks, who, it ai charged, received promotions uy reason of their purchasing bxk In the Universal Jt-frigcrator t.omiany. Tiie committee, however, how-ever, decided not to call any 'Irrks for examination, for the following fol-lowing reasons: General Raum requested re-quested the committee to ftubrtna every employe of tbe Pension Department De-partment who bad been promoted under his administration of ofllce to Improve the charge tliat any such employes havo purchased or held toilc in tlio UoiTerxal Refrigerator Company, or have been promoted by reason thereof. Tim committee declined to comply with his request on the ground that it would, in ibeir opinion, judging from the evidence) taken, be a unless consumption of time and a needless expense. The committee then aljourued. This practically closes the investigation. DIVISION OF STATES. Burton (Ohio) to-day introduced in lhr Uoutea bill to regulate the divbion of States into Congressional district. The bill provides that withlu twelve months alter the passage of the apportionment act tbe states shall be divided into Congressional Congres-sional districts by a districting district-ing board in each State, composed of four resident members, two of each political party, to be appointed ap-pointed by Uie governor. The districts dis-tricts are to consist of contiguous territory, and no dUtrlct is to liave more than one member A district U not to be divided unless its poixi-lation poixi-lation exceeds by one-tenth the number nectMiry to entitle It to representation, except in States electing representatives by towns, and no district is to contain more thin one twentieth more or IeM Inhabitants In-habitants than the number necessary neces-sary to entitle it to a representative. The districts are to lw comjxxa-d of comjact territory, 1un'lel, as near-1 near-1 as may be, by civil subdivisions or natural boundaries. There Is to be a iisllonal board of five members, four litlally divided di-vided and Uie oilier a Judge of tile supreme, district or circuit Unites! staUs court, appointed by the I'reri dent and confirmed by the Senate, to act lu case of failure or a disagreement of the State board. The districts made by these lioards are to remain intact until the next census apportionment. |
