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Show AT THE CAPITAL Amendments Changing the Pension Law of 1890. ..nsilY, Illtow.V a Nil EASTMAN. Governor Harpby of Arlzom Defends Ills Territory. N JUIN 111! ritl IHPIUIIMK, IWillnnllniia .nlltliltil.-V lltnorl IsiiIfiI, ., tfipttrlnhle I hitino In lllnlne' lomlllloi, Wasiiimitov, 1). C, Jan. 25. The Democratio members of the House iiih-comuilttcoonappioprlallons ado I-ed I-ed nmendmenta today changing the icmlon Itw of lS'W. Thu following Weru tbo principal chaugei: That no widow shall recclvo a pension under tho act of IS!) J unlets married to the soldier rrlor lo 1S70, that no person shall lecelvo n enslou under tbu net of 1890 unless disabled in acrtico front manual labor, und In tho receipt of an income of lets lliau $910 u year, nud that no uon-reildenlof thu United States shall receive n ptutlou unlets actually dlt-ublod dlt-ublod lu tho lemit-. Another uuioudment rovldea for tlio appolnlnieul of n commlisloii to consider tho neceisaiy mo Jlflcatlons In tbu pension laws and repjilat the neat Congress They weru adotud by a volu nf thrru lu two, tho Democratic members Mutchler, ll'Nell and l.lv-iUL,atoii l.lv-iUL,atoii otlng yea nud (Irout nud Ulugbem u. 'lhu fight ugalust lhu ameudmcnbi will bu carried by the Ite ubllcan members Into lhu full comiullleu nu u (ro ilallons, which has jet to act upon the bill. If thu iimeudmenU gel out nf Iheeommltteu a llvtlj lltflit In lhu lloutu Is t, l lulu. The hill as framed by lhu majority if thoiubcommlttruulsud can way with tension agencies tlirougliout lhu ooiiu-try, ooiiu-try, and provides for Inn itiymunt uf 1 tut Iocs oy checks directly Irom thu treasury department, abolishes thu ex-animation ex-animation uf applicants by surgeons, and irovldiafor thu appolntuieut ut 130 special examiners to htrcifler martu cxuiumallona. O'.Nell, of MlMli.ljpl, speaking for thu mtjorily of thu members und their rtaious for making tbu proposed cbmgcs, eild. "lheiult no dls)oslllon on Hum atl of tbu majority of Ihls lloumtu uku sr I entlonuwuy irora a man wliodonrvos It, or from auy luau who became disabled dis-abled wbllu lu tbu Union Army, Tbu country wants thu outlon list reduced, but it dote not wuut n rlugle worthy puusloiitr stricken from thu rolls, li stems to thu comiullleu that certain rionsarueilllleil to pensions, but it should stop there," CI rout, of Vermout, onu of tho lie- ubllcau members of the sub commit-tee, commit-tee, said lhu Ilrpublicau minority was ugulntt thu uuipudnientr, an J woull uppitu thorn in tint full coiumlttuo und lu the Houee. I A jrilAM TU lit. AIMI I Mill II. Hccnlary Noblu today uddrttsed a communication to the commissioner of lndlau odiln, teltliin forth Ills concluslont lu the matter of tho strain-ed strain-ed reUllona between J. l.croy Ilrown of tbu Hulled Htatea army, uttlug Indian In-dian agent at 1'lrm Itldgi, and Dr. Charles A. Latttnau, tlinHloux Indian agency physician. Tim secretary's conclusion la that the good ol tho Bur-vicareiulreathat Bur-vicareiulreathat Dr. Kastiuan shall be bus) ended from acting as phjslclan al Pinu Jtldgu agency, aud uuless Dr. l.astman csu buussigutd or appointed to uuotlier place hu is willing to au-cept au-cept within tbu next llfteuj du)s, be must resign or be will bo removed. Tho secretary llnds that thiru la uu reasonable tf9und to find fault with tbu conduct of Actlug Agent llrowu lu this connection. I.AUAIl'd lU.NlltAL. Chief Justice Fuller of thu Supremo Couit of the United Htates uud Aseo-eiato Aseo-eiato Justices Illatonfoid, llrewer, llrowu and tho attaebca of thu court lefl by a special car toulgbt unroutu lo Msoou, Ua , to attend tbu funeral of the latu Justlos Lamar, which will taku place 1 rldsy. ItlllAllIIIMn AiurovA. Qovornor Murphy of Arizona, In speaking of Ihe Iteptibllcan senatorial caucus yesterday, which wnaadvcrsu tu tho admission of Arizona as a statt, ssys: "Ihlsaitlon la by no meant final, as many senators havu expruiscd their Intention to Invesll ,jatu lurthcr. It la nlwolutely untruu thai Arizona It tilllcted with a burdensome debt, or lliut overly exists anywhere within her borders. Wnprojuiu to fight re-spectlully, re-spectlully, but earnestly, and thu country at large la with us. Further colonial hondago for any of the territories terri-tories It becoming ulsiaiteful lu thu American oi lo." 111)1 SAN JUAN COU.NTHV. Hecretary Noblu truuiuiltted today, In respouse lo a resolution of the House, his report oouceriilng the executive ex-ecutive order of November 19, by which Hint juirt of Utah lying west of tho llOlb meridian bu rest red to the publlo domain with all correspondence corres-pondence ou the subject. Tho documents shuw that this land was thrown ojen to tettloment for lhu lurpose ol allowing the pcoplu of tbu Untied Hiatus tbu oportunltyuf explorlugthe placer fields lu search of gold and other valuable minerals. All lhu facta connected with the restoration restora-tion wero published generally throughout through-out the west at the time Ihe President's proclamation wuslsiued, A telegram waa rccilved today from Colonel Hunt of iheuiui), leportlng that no prosi ectort had or were intruding intrud-ing ou thu Navajo reservation, jilaini: NU WOllSL. Dr. Johnson laid his usual night vl.lt to Mr. Hlalue at U o'tlock, ilo I said tbu patleut was retting comfort-1 ally aud was sullcrlni; uo pain and iheiu was li j npj rcclabls chsngu lu lilt niiUlllou. A I'ilUIUKMIel. NOMtNATIO-( LOMKIIlMlll. For Ihn first time this tostlon tho Heimluslruggleii lu an executive lei-tlou lei-tlou of lhu Henuto over n jirtaldcnllal nonilualloii, that of Louit MrComas to huusauclutu Jtnllcu of tho Dttllctof Columbia aupumo court. Today thu Hi n ilo went Into exocullwi session with a determination mi lhu part nf thu lls ubllcan senators tu con. Hi m tho noinluitlon l.oforo ad-louinnieiit. ad-louinnieiit. Tlio opioslilon, lion ever, desired tu l beard, ami nuiru than four hours was oontumed In debate. Thu opiotltlon to tbu nom-Ihtu nom-Ihtu It bated almost entirely upon tho ground that McConitt. Is not n rttliluitol tho district. When Itcamu lo n vole, however, theru wna I o attempt at-tempt lu Hill utter, und tho result waa a deildvu cole, stunllug 3S for conflrmallon to 13 for th- oi josltlon. The Henaln In excluilveeislun today to-day confirmed tho iiomlimllon of l'.ll-JsliW. l'.ll-JsliW. llalfor I lo be major nud ja-master ja-master In tho United Htates army. I'lllSltllNT AM) Ctlll.ILT IIIUTO- u i auu p. Tlio President and nil tho members of bis ctblnet had a group of photo-urn) photo-urn) In tskeii pn pjratory to tbu vlllclal setaratlou. L'c(IU6t I.I i s in m i ltcferring lo thu publlthed statement that l(t retelitatlve C'oggtwell liad ixprcsiiil au opinion on Ihn much hi uolu I qui allon of oenlngthu World's I air onHunday, tint genllemau said tonight theru was u, truth In tho re-Iiort. re-Iiort. Commander Henry L. Johnson haa bit n dltmlsted from lhu navy. Hu was tried In fortiac.cueral court luatllal nt Msru Island navy yard In December la-t on Ihn ii ehargis, the plluclal ouu of which In otltclal language It "through ingll,:riioo lu atillerlug a vessel of thu navy to bu inn iiun n rock and InztrJtd." Thu vestel waa thu Mohlciui which Joliuion com-miitiJidaud com-miitiJidaud thugroutidliiK look placu nil lhu Alaska coael, lhla was lhu vrttnl lo wblch hu waa Hatigued after sutieusloii for teviral J ears, for thu samuolleniu for which lin Is now dismissed. dis-missed. I ho court found hliu guilty of Ihn three charges preferred uud se iilented hliu to dismissal. Hucrelnry Tracy bos apt roved the lliidings aud this action will becoiitlrnied by Prusl-dent Prusl-dent llarrl.-Jii. |