| Show special to the deseret avent event devemta ig xe vs a SENATE the special committee on the rate of compensation to the senate employees recommend retrenchment by not employing extra officers the report shows that the official cial elal expenses of the senate per capita are about three times as much as for the members of the house sherman from the committee on finance reported a bill autho authorizing the payment for services rendered ren rendered derey dereT the united states in the late insurrectionary states ramsey presented a communication from the postmaster general in relation to cheap ocean postage sumner said there was a movement afoot in england to secure penny ocean postage and he favored the government adopting two cent ocean postage the bill to make san ban diego a port of entry was passed morton offered a resolution to pay the senators from the reconstructed states from the commencement of the congress laid on the table the bill to aid the construction of a branch central pacific railroad to portland was discussed till the expiration of the morning hour which brought up the joint resolution to protect the interests of the united states in the union pacific railroad Eail rall road stewart spoke at length against the union pacific credit Mo bilier and in favor of the central pacific shermans Sher mans amendment at the suggestion of williams was modified so as to direct thep theT the resident president to fix the point of junction according to the legal rights of the respective roads it was adopted 53 63 to tog 6 1 davis offered an arnen arnew amendment dment which was adopted directing the attorney general first to investigate whether the charter and franchise of the union pacific road and branches had not been forfeited and if so to institute the necessary legal proceedings second to investigate vesti gate whether the said company had made illegal dividends of stock and if bo to institute the necessary proceedings third to investigate whether any of the directors agents or employees of the said company had violated any penal law and if so to institute the proper criminal proceedings howard again offered an amendment naming certain officers to constitute a board of commissioners adding the name of general canby and directing them to fix the point of junction on the line approved by the secretary of the interior nye approved the amendment and finally without action the senate took a recess evening several private bills were passed and the senate resumed the consideration of a joint resolution to protect the interest of the united states in the union pacific railroad rall Eail road sherman moved to amend the pending amendment ot howards to authorize the president not to appoint a board of commissioners simply to examine and report lepor upon the condition of the roads an and not to do anything to fix the point of ol 01 junction howard refused to accept because he said his object was to settle the point of junction by legislation wilson SY ilson lison said the present U S directors were unanimous in urging action and he believed they knew chrt the interest of the country were he thought the se senate n ate ought to pass an act without delay nye kye made a general attack on the general management of the road adjourned jour ned the chaplain prayed that the patriot arms in cuba might be strengthened and the isles of the sea delivered from their oppression trumbull reported a bill to carry into effect the treaty with russia sumner reported a bill to prevent the counterfeiting of foreign trade marks wilson gave notice that he would offer fera a joint resolution to authorize the president to appoint a commission to examine into the practicability and the best method of establishing a ship canal with the isthmus of darien the bill to amend the judiciary system which was amended by the house was further amended by the senate and goes back to the house for concurrence the bill to aid the construction of a I 1 ranch pacific railroad rall Eail road to portland oregon was amended and passed the expiration of the morning hour bl rought brought up the pacific railroad rall Eail road resolution on motion of fessenden all prior orders were postponed and the defice deficiency en bill was taken up many amendments were made and the bill passed announced that his preparations were all complete and that he would deliver his expected speech tomorrow fessenden harlan and cole were appointed a committee of conference on the indian appropriation bill the vice president submitted a message from the president recommending congress longress before adjourning to provide for the submission of the virginia constitution ution to the people sometime some time during may or june and that the election be held under the direction of the commander of the district with a view to the submission of the constitution as adopted by thie trie people to congress at the commencement of next nest sessio nand the early admission of the state to representation resen tation the message makes a alm aim 1 ilar recommendation in regard to mississippi sis sippi the senate then went into executive session HOUSE the census bill was taken up garfield explained its provisions schofield moved to postpone the bill till december jencks moved an amendment which was adopted making the bill refer only to the present census and to be superseded by a bill to be reported next session after receiving several other amendments the bill passed stevenson from the committee on elections reported in favor of leonar leonard d myers contesting seat for the third district of pennsylvania paine from the same committee reported arted that mccobin Mc Couin from the fifth Bi district strict of louisiana was not eligible for a seat the house went into committee of the whole on the indian appropriation davis said the committee had agreed to recommend an appropriation of two millions to be placed in the hands of the president authority to use it a according c to his discretion and judgment to maintain peace and promote civilization among the indians he said the amendment which he offered in place of the senate amendment would save two millions butler insisted that the tho fourteenth amendment made the indians citizens and that consequently no valid treaties could be made with them the committee then arose and the house took a recess the evening session will be devoted to the indian appropriation bill the house in the evening went into a committee of the whole on the indian appropriation question dawes amendment gave rise to a long discussion the motion to increase the amount of the appropriation in the amendment from two to two and a half millions was rejected the amendment was then adopted the senate amendments were then disposed of the committee rose and the house adjourned A bill was passed repealing the act amending the first section of the judiciary act of 1789 thus placing the law in its original position dixon from the committee on commerce reported back the senate bill to protect the seals in alaska ordered printed the house proceeded to consider the indian appropriation bill an amendment was adopted providing that nothing in this act shall be considered as approving or ratifying any indian treaty made since july 1867 the amendment placing two millions A at the disposal of the president was adopted 98 to 33 ail all the other amendments reported by the committee were agreed to butler from the reconstruction construction Ee committee reported a bill to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to restore the state of georgia to a republican government after considerable discussion butler moved the thel previous question which was refused butler then spoke in favor of beck beek opposing the georgia bill which was temporarily laid aside the bill appropriating appropriate two hundred thousand for works foz fou for the improvement of river harbors to be expended under the direction of the secretary of war was passed the committee on foreign ant aft affairs airs are authorized to sit during recess to investigate vesti gate the paraguayan matter the house then resumed the consideration of the georgia bill vorhies and bingham opposed the bill schenck favored the postponement of the bill bingham moved to postpone the bill till the first monday in december and demanded the previous question which was not seconded A conference committee was ordered on the indian appropriation bill and bin bingham binham ham dawes and beck reek were appointed A message a e was received from the president dollt dolit urging action in reer re led aed to virginia and mississippi before anjou rn ment anent but butler butier ler ier moved to refer it to the judiciary committee brooks mo ved to refer zefer it to the reconstruction committee without di disposing posing of the matter the house adjourned Wai wal washington hington april 6 the president has withdrawn witha withdrawn rawn the nominations of gen edward V kingsley as secretary of legation at IS madrid Adrid and A W Che chester postmaster at placerville erville cal yesterday chas wilder colored was confirmed postmaster of columbia S C this is the first confirmation of a negro wilder was formerly a slave the reconstruction construction Ee committee has adopted a resolution and reported it to the house pe postponing the texas vote on the constitution till further action of congress the senate b bas has as confirmed L LJ J litchfield marshal of dachota geo W french chief justice and jeff kidder As associate socrate justice of dachota J W hove ho ve chief justice of wyoming and J W C Gl engham and wm win T jones associates hudson april 6 A fire at chatham last night destroyed worth of property half insured hartford april G jewells majority I 1 ty is about the senate will be composed of fourteen republicans and seven democrats the republicans haye have about twenty majority in the house r ya montgomery april 6 A frost last night seriously affected the crops labor is very scarce incessant rains have retarded farming operations chicago april 6 among the appointments point ments were W F avery indian agent new mexico and thomas young marshal of the district of oregon the republicans special says the house committee on foreign affairs aff airs has agreed to report a resolution authorizing the president to open negotiations for the annexation of st domingo the president has notified minister hale and the secretary of legation perry that their resignations will be accepted and successors will be immediately appointed the house naval committee has agreed to report a bill continuing for one year the regulations established by secretary wells which will nullify the recent order of secretary borie borle relative to the rank of staff officers the committee also agreed to report a bill providing that no reduction of wages shall take place with the employees of the government navy yards in consequence of the reduction of the tho hours of labor memphis A awalt J walt wait while in a fit of insanity brained newberry gibson his roommate room mate with a hatchet this morning he then rushed into an adjoining room to kill george Nelson who received a severe wound in warding off the blows walt ran back to his room and screamed out farewell fardwell to the world and then leaped from a third story window and was instantly killed nelson is in a critical condition all the parties were formerly prominent merchants lawrence kansas the contracts authorized by the recent act of congress to transfer the land grant and right of way between denver and cheyenne to the denver pacific company were ratified today to day a board of directors was also elected by the stockholders of the kansas pacific chicago the tribunes special says the senate committee on foreign relations have a agreed reed to report favorably on the darien ship canal treaty and the sandwich island treaty but probably these as well as the alabama claims claim treaty will go over to the extra executive session important information has been received here concerning the movements of english capitalists and clippers to offset the influence of the pacific railroad upon the lines of trade from asia an influential london company which has the right of way across honduras designs constructing a railroad with lines of english steamers to both the atlantic and pacific by which they hoped to compete with our pacific roads in carrying heavy commodities modi ties Admi admiral honn hoff has ordered the steamer narragansett ansett to the mouth of the mis alsippi to intercept the filibustering expeditions said to be going to cuba new now haven complete returns give jewell majority for governor strong a republican elected to congress from the district kel representative log from the 2nd and district starkweather representative e from the 3rd ard district 2254 barnum dem from the ath district th the e vean lican majority in the legislature is 40 byll byli by joint ballot baltimore altimore spangler and arnold the pardon assassination conspirators arrived this morning st louis 7 the entire republican city ticket was elected yesterday at denver the citizens ticket was elected at jefferson city the democrats carried the election leaven leavenworth worth the ahe th e chief of the quartermasters ter department of this military division leaves for chicago today to day the adjutant inspector general chief chief of the commissary and the chief of the engineers departments will follow immediately the paymasters of the medical purveyors the quartermasters department and the commissary will remain new york 7 the proceedings before the referee in the th e union pacific railroad case were brought to a sudden stop today to day the the witnesses refusing to testify under judge Blatch fords decision some borne nitro glycerine exploded in a blacksmiths shop at hudson today to day demolishing the building and killing one man washington the pacific railroad committee will arrange to take the testimony during recess and will report at the next session admiral hoff telegraphs that the captain general has ordered several americans with their families miliea Ta to be allowed to F pass ass through the spanish lines iines consul su codrington is released st sst paul an insane man near stillwater killed his wife and four children 1 last night i g ht new york 7 the grand jury have indicted deputy sheriff john moran for aiding the escape of king the bond robber san francisco 1 A fire broke out this morning in the yellow jacket min mine gold hill nevada and soon com corna munica ted with the and crown point mines thus far 1 pm eleven bodies have been taken from the shafts of the three mines other bodies are seen at the bottom of the kentuck shaft but it is impossible to remove them on account of the heat it is uncertain how many persons are in the mines the excitement and confusion is so great that they are unable to call the roll of those at work sixty men were at work on the two levels of the crown pl point but it is not known known how many escaped the distress is fearful the wives and children of the miners are congregated at the entrance of the mines calling for their missing husbands and s ethers fathers i eight pm the latest report from gold hill says the number known to be dead is thirty six five in the yellow jacket eight in the Hen ren kentuck tuck and twenty three in the crown point themire the nire fire 0 originated rigin abed in the kentuck it is reported that it is now spreading towards the jacket shop the firemen have succeeded in getting the hose down the yellow jacket shaft to the level of the fire and hopes are entertained that the flames will soon be subdued if not when all expectation of saving more lives is abandoned the mouth of the shaft will be closed and ventilation stopped and the fire thereby smothered the yellow jacket crown point and kentuck mines are unconnected with other mines underground and there is no probability of the |
