| Show secial SE clan crAL TO ene DESERET NEWS lilt SENATE R ramsey amsey re reported ported a bill zillfo to establish transatlantic trans atlan atlantic t c postal telegraph messages to be transmitted by cable cabie to belgium on which the shall not exceed five dollars gold ten words and thirty cents for addi add dional words special rates to be es for press reports the post office department to i receive a per of the receipts on business sent through its agency over the cables morrill of maine from the committee of conference on the indian ampro ir illation pria lation tion bill report reported ed that the committee could not agree in consequence the flat denial dental of the house of the authority dhority of the senate to make treaty stipulations with the indians which will bind the house anew A new commit tee of conference was also ordered on the post office appropriation bill the senate refused to adjourn Dron monday day the report of the committee of bf conference on the bill to amend the and copyright laws was adopted the bill to amend the naturalization laws was discussed at length the funding bill was received from the house finance committee rose bose from indiana reported a joint resolution for the removal of the chero keo ked indians it provides for theuay the pay ment to each indian of 53 with inter est thereon as stipulated in the treaty 1835 morrill of maine from the commit te deeon on appropriations reported without amendments the fortification bill hill on motion of harris a resolution of inquiry into the cause of the removal of collector casey of new orleans the management of the customs rouse house there since 1865 1675 ac was adopted Y the kansas pacific railroad bill was briefly considered and amended eo so as to make the action of the senate conditional upon the completion of the entire road in 1876 the naturalization bill was taken up sum Bum ners amendment striking the word white from the naturalization laws having been adopted the question was upon williams amendment to exclude chinese from its benefits stewart fc conducted the remarks against placing the chinese upon an equal footing with other foreigners and said that while he would protect them in their rights he would never sanction the introduction of a system of slave labor into competition with white labor he w would ouid not interfere with voluntary chinese emigration but he would never agree to invest with political olit power unpopular coolie slaves staves brought here under contract conklin conklen appealed to sumner to withdraw his amendment which he said would jeopardize the whole bill trumbull said the policy of the republican pu bildan blidan party having been to make freemen lie he could not understand how that party could refuse to admit chinese to citizenship sumner declined to withdraw his amendment he read from the new testament relative to peter denying his master and remarked that the republican senator meaning ewart stewart Bt had thrice denied the principles of the declaration of independence and like peter he might weep bitterly stewart replied that the charge of apostasy apo stacy applied with much greater force to the senator from Massachusetts as he had read his christian bible in support of his proposition to commit our institutions to the control of pagans the enemies of christianity who could not be bound by a christian obligation or oath williams contended that the declaration of independence pen dence did not mean that heathen and cannibals were to be allowed to enjoy political rights under our laws he remarked that interpretation of that instrument was foolish and it was the duty of the nation so to organize the laws of the government as would seem to be most likely to effect its safety and happiness williams then made a lengthy argument aga against dinst giving chinese the benefit of naturalization in the consideration of the tax bill a motion to strike out the income tax was rejected by a le vote cole corbett and stewart voted to strike it out and nye and williams against an amendment was adopted imposing a duty of forty per cent ad valorem valoree va lorem on telegraph wire rhe the bill passed 43 to 5 HOUSE tu julian 1 an reported a bill to confirm to sa sames james e s Hutching hutchings 4 and james 0 lamon preemption pre emption claims in yosemite valley the bill occasioned a discussion involving the validity of the act ceding the valley to the state of california in trust to be preserved as a national park in the absence of a title in the claimants who settled in the valley before it was surveyed or opened to settlement tl randall bandall expressed an idea that in the case of the squatters or pre em zionists who had improved their claims claims it would be far better to cona compensate them for their improvements and land than to turn over to them the land on which they or their successors would be expected to establish a mammoth lager beer garden or distillery or to lay out bridle paths and cow yards which would be a blotch on the locality which it was desired to preserve T the kle tie bill was finally on motion of randall bandall laid on the tho table yeas nays 51 GENERAL NEW YORK 6 A washington special to the tribune bays it is rumored and credited h L official circles that hamilton fish has tendered his resignation fish has been urging the president to accept his resignation as he desires to retire from public life in this country the president has said eaid that he would not permit him to retire if he could by any means keep him in the state department as he regarded his staying as a personal favor it is generally understood that fish will succeed motley at the court of st james at the meeting of the quarantine commissioners yesterday a committee of merchants headed by kirkland read their remonstrance against what they regarded as an tax put on vessels arriving at this port A spicy discussion took place between several of the merchants and mayors hall and kalbfleisch the board finally adopted the rates as proposed by the doctors bill r it appears by the report of the register oi of appears vital statistics to the board of health that the drath deith rate of this city last week was higher than that of any corresponding week for the past fifteen years there were wore 38 deaths from sunstroke or other direct effects of heat A genuine case of asiatic cholera which resulted fatally occurred in the ath ward but one case of small pox was reported A platform crowded with children of the boman roman catholic presbytery at westchester Y gave way on the evening of the fourth of july as the children were witnessing the discharge of firework fireworks sand nd precipitated the mass of human beings to the ground over forty children and several adults were severely and some fatally wounded among the latter were a monk and two christian brothers NEW yoi YORK tic tid chief justice daley in the court of comm common n pleas yesterday administered the oath of office to three additional judges of that court whose election was provided for by the recent amendment to the state constitution the new judges are hamilton W rovinson Richard L larrimore and joseph T daley the female clerk and colored messenger who were sent here hero by treasurer spinner to ind the man that the detective has arrested for stealing from the treasury department several days since were unable to identify atif the prisoner general general sherman bherman having received official news from gen sheridan of the appearance of and sioux along the pacific railroad beyond fort sanders has aepli replied ed ana and strung the line of the road as much as possible in that quarter with infantry and to so dispose of the cavalry that they will be on hand and ready the fourteenth infantry can be transferred to general augur sheridan has also notified sherman of the receipt of information from the vice consul at pembina relative to a movement of hostile sioux from the winnipeg Winne peg country in the direction of benton all the friendly indians have been driven in by these indiana indians and war parties patties of Arapah oes and lancton sioux and in consequence thereof an attack on small parties of white mem mea is already reported alithe all ail the available military in washington and vicinity were this evening dispatched to gen sheridan dispatches state that earl granville has been nominated for the foreign department part ment earl kimberly to that of the colonies CHICAGO general butler is preparing in a speech on the labor question which for the main part will compose his fourth of july address at woodstock in regard tb to the chinese he will take the position that while they have the right to come here no contracts by which gangs of them are imported should be allowed i RICHMOND 2 the scene at the ex elution of louis kennedy the negro who ravished lavished ravi shed and murdered murdered mrs stewart and afterwards killed john baker her farm manager at new kent court house rouse yesterday was hor horrify horri rift lne ine one rope broke twice and the died after a prolonged struggle DENVER 2 A letter from santa fe new merj ao to the daily post rost grant county N AT says the new hew silver mines are located about above the level of the sea there is population at ralston the new village of about two hundred this is twenty five miles from the the nearest river two hundred and eighty five have been discovered and over m miles iles lles of claims are located many them not beig belg belig made in with the territorial laws are thrown out but they are about as fast as they are open A municipal government has been formed a recorder elected there is 18 no of the immense wealth of a great of the claims A canal and company with a capital of a dollars has been formed to take ose the mills at the river and carry t water in the canals to the mines mines minea are in the heart of the indian country and the settlement be a security to pioneer settlers travelers new and very rich mines have been discovered delightful showers of rain have at intervals during the past two weeks the crops at one time regarded as almost a failure now give aromise promise of fuli full average yield SAN FRANCISCO 2 the town oroville cal was nearly destroyed fire today to day the buildings were of and burned rapidly the people escaping the flames loss heavy partial insurance NEW ORLEANS one hundred and seventy five chinese have arrived to work worl on the plantations 14 HARTFORD the presidential party arrived this afternoon and hund was received enthusiastically there was a public reception at the allen alien house subsequently ly and a private one at jewells house in the evening the president and family will be the guest of jewell over Sunda bunda yand will leave on monday morning for woodstock 1 HELENA the jr dlee passed here at and the natchez notches at pm the latter broke her pump last night and ind lost three holers I 1 5 3 OIL orr crr A fire at troyed several frame buildings on main street loss from 25 to little or no In insurance surab surah C e the daily oil city times located there was burned loss from to no insurance PARLOR barlor GROVE A few miles below the city a mr daley was shot and killed by some unknown person an old man at the same place unknown who was in a skiff was adawn drawn under the steamer groesbeck and drowned SAN sax FRANCISCO 4 the new zealand government has guaranteed collie webbs agent a subsidy of a li hundred adred and fifty thousand dollars a year to aid the australian eleam steam service the victorian government entertained the pro ee t of paying the whole amount required ret quiren d four hundred thousand and collect collecting ng the postage from other colonies the administration at melbourne received collies proposition with great favor and individual members promised a subsidy if melbourne be made the terminus floods continue twenty persons have perished and they have caused immense damage to property the overflow exceeds anything any thing known since this country was a dependency of england west maitland Ma illand has been flooded five times since march shocks of earthquake were felt april 24 and may ath the parliament was prorogued june the spanish consulate at sydney has been abolished the ship walter dalfer hood was totally wrecked a hundred miles from sydney april on a the parliament opened on the of april the rainfall is unprecedented in march it waslter was oven over forty nine inches hinchl es the victoria parliament re assem bled may lom loch the contract for the first nifty fifty six sis miles of the north eastern railway IE is closed tom thumb had left melbourne for tasmania and south Aust australia ralta raita there was a shock of earthquake may 22 in tasmania the greater portion of gold hill nevada was dest destroyed foyed by fire this marne morns inc ins IT patrick woods the richmond policeman who assaulted representative Por teris still in the custody of the sear geneat arms and lodges in the basement of the capitol i philadelphia yesterday morning the lace and kid glove gloye store of geow vogel was robbed of goods valued at eight or ten thousand dollars BALTIMORE A policeman named jas murphy wa was killed yesterday by rowdies one ohe of whom hei he had arrested WOODSTOCK 4 the president and party left hartford at am A large crowd had assembled at the depot and gov jewell introduced grant to them and called for cheers which were given enthusiastically the president bowed his thanks and the cars soon left for woodstock pleasant receptions were given the president at all the stations along the road the committee from woodstock met him at plainfield and took charge of the party mr cleveland reading an address of welcome and resolutions of the citizens of windham county the president was introduced to the people and was received with round after round of cheers to which he briefly returned thanks at the party reached putnam where carriages were ready to convey them to woodstock four miles distant the people here too were enthusiastic and the procession was headed by two posts of I 1 the grand army of the republic G groups coups of citizens gathered along the route and cheered the president as he pai pal palsied passed sled sied grant rode the whole distance in a covered carriage mottoes of welcome met the eye along the route and every house was decorated festooned Festoon ed arches extended across the road at intervals At Woodstock th escene was exceedingly animated thousands had assembled and vehicles of every description stood by the way side the grounds were beautifully rally decorated with banners bearing the names of the generals of the continue on ninta page |
