Show I 1 j 1 TO the DESERET NEWS 1 vr J ab PER WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE une J t congressional t r SENATE washington dec deo 2 the senate met at noon the vice president in the chair all the lead ing senators were p present besent the chaplain in his opening prayer alluded to the death of ur mr greeley as aa that of one whose pen had given direction to publio thought and had been a benefactor to mankind th tio e house honse was notified of the senates readiness for business A number of bills were introduced among them a resolution by sumner as follows whereas national unity and good will among our fellow citi zens zena can be assured only through oblivion of past difference 3 and it is contrary to the usage of civilized nationalities to perpetuate the memory of civil war therefore be it enacted that the names of battles with fellow clUzen citizens fi shail shall not be continued in the army artoy or placed jn in the regimental colors of the united states Sl ky P presented ted the credentials of gen mat Ma mathlan thian sr from ked ken tucky to succeed garrett davis and aud he was sworn in the vice president presented the credentials of morrill elected from vermont wilson introduced a bill for the relief of sufferers by the boston fire the bill is similar to the bill for the relief of the chicago sufferers cameron introduced a bill granting a pension of 2000 per year to the widow of gen meade the bills bilis were tabled to await the organization of committe committees ee A resolution was offer often d and laid over that ori on monday next ht ati all 1 pm the senate proceed to their consideration rice bice ark offered a resolution of f inquiry directed to the president in regard to sending US U S troops to td arkan bas bab laid over A resolution was offered to amend the joint rule prohibiting the passage during the first six elx days of the session of any bill remaining over from last session sumner moved present consideration of his civil rights bill pomeroy mada a point of order that under the rules it could not be considered ere dand and we toe chair sustained the poin conkling Conkli cg and thurman Thur nan were appointed a committee to wait upon the president and a recess was taken till on reassembling assembling re a message was received from the house announcing the ado adoption eption of a concurrent resolution in regard to the death of horace greeley fenton moved immediate considers tion unanimously agreed to conkling from committee to wait upon the president announced that they had discharged that duty I 1 tile tiie the annual message was waa brought in by general babcock and read by the clerk three thousand extra copies of the were ordered printed the vice president presented the annual reports of the several departments tabled adjourned HOUSE 1110 USE the house was wab called to order ai noon by speaker blaine proceedings opened with prayer by chaplain butler or the roll was then called one hundred and forty nine members ana nna their names and a number of new now members were sworn hanks offered his resignation as chairman of the committee on foreign affairs the house by 79 to 59 refused to accept speaker blaine called cox N Y to the chair and taking the floor offered a preamble and resolution setting forth charges which hayo haye been made tide public in the press based upon an alleged letter of oakes nafees ames and an affidavit of F H mccomb that certain members of 0 the house had bad received bribes from oakes ames in connection with legislation concerning the he union pacific B R R and cal cai called ledfor for tor the appointment of a special committee of five by the speaker pro tern to lri iri iriye irive vesti ati gate the whole matter with power to send for and an d papers blaine made remarks challenging investigation and jend said he had requested of cox cx the appointment ent of a majority of democrats on the committee the resolution was adopted by a few negative votes on the democratic side and cox appointed poland banks beak niblack and mccreary dawes said mr speaker believing will co public recognition of events so impressive and so without parallel in the history of this government that have recently transpired I 1 deem it proper to offer the following resolution PRe resolved solved by the senate and house of representatives in view of the recent ideath death of horace greeley for whom at the late election more than three million votes were erst east for president that a record be made on the journals of congress of appreciation re clation of the eminent ser ber services v ces sud aud and n personal purity an and worth of the deceased and of the sad impression created by his death following a keen family bereavement cox new york then paid a feeling tribute to the memory and charity of greeley greel ey after which the resolution was unanimously adopted banks nain a again ain alu offered his resignation as chairman of the foreign committee remar remarking klug king that it was proper that the house rouse bo be represented by one who was waa unqualifiedly committed to the policy of the majority as he could not claim to be the house by 59 to 67 refused to accept his resignation the indian ludlan appropriation bill was wab reported and made the special order for tuesday the loth dinst the amount of the appropriation is stated at less than last year after a short recess the presidents message e was received and at pm read and ordered printed the pension appropriation bill was wets reported and made the special specia order lorder for wednesday the lith it appropriates the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill was also reported and made the special order for thursday d next week butler introduced a bill for ther the ellef elief of sufferers by the boston fire referred scofield Bc ofield introduced a bill for the reduction of meers leers omm off in the internal revenue department referred adjourned jour ned was WAi HINGTON D C 3 beck beoh on his own re request aest was excused from service on ae the committee of the oakes ames investigation on the ground that during the recent canvass he had expressed a decided opinion on the subject merrick of nob nabb was appointed in his place A resolution was adopted asking the secretary or of war for lor me the report 01 assistant adjutant gen vincent on the freedman friedmana Freed mans mana a bureau scofield pa from froth the comm mitte on naval al laffaira feairs I 1 reported a bill to authorize the construction of ten uen steam vessels and appropriating three million for that purpose the vessels are to carry ten ov or more guns of large calibre and the hulls hull sare hare are to be of iron and wood as the secretary of the tho navy may determine lia iia hall hali maine malue offered offend an amendment ahat that not less lebs than five of thi the ten ton vessels shail rhall b be e constructed at the yards under contract A debau debate ensued scofield and argued in favor of a policy which should be inaugurated by the passage of a bill cox suggested a reduction of the number to five banks said he introduced the bill last session in anticipation of trouble with spain the affairs of the gulf guif of mexico had not improved bince since scofield in reply to a question as aa to the proposed size bize of the vess vessels eist elsy said four or five hundred tons would be large enough he did not suppose any would exceed one thousand he opposed hales haies amendment and took De caston occasion to refer to banks as aa having baying lynip sympathized with the effort to involve the IT 8 in a war with spain banks denied imputation thel the morning hour expired and the bill went over GENERAL SAN FRANCISCO 2 the funds of the city treasury are exhausted owing to the slowness with which the taxes are being paid warrants will be issued today to the municipal officers and school teachers and in a few days they will be able to draw their money gold on new york 1121 greenbacks green backs 88 89 one ono of the counsel for the diamond fraud company inquiry notates otates that they are making rapid a and nd satisfactory progress reas in the investigation und and th that a t t lie lle persons persona implicated in the swindle are in thi this country and within reach of our own court there are stories about the epi opi epizootic in n this olty city but the best beat opinion is that there are no genuine cases of the disease here horses are sick but with such disorders as ard are common at thib this season ah foot who threw a chinaman off long bridge last evening w ed of assault and hattery batterr batter the com pla ining witness insisted that he be fell off the bridge his companion however made no attempt to rescue him SAN BAN FRANCISCO 2 B R M lee in dietel dieted for attempting to influence in an illegal manner a juror in the brotherton case has been delivered into custody hy one of his bondsmen the body of an unknown man was found floating in the bay today to day and taken to the morgue SAN BAN FRANCISCO 3 capt matthew cox cos auperin bru aru penin perin eident of the pacific mail S 8 co on this coast has bas resigned and capt edward his former assistant si al takes his place philip cagan while drunk fil lato into to a pond at tho the north beach and waa drowned YANKEE JIMS 2 A daring robbery wab was committed here last night M B tubbs closed his saloon on monday night put the keys keya in his pocket and went to bed the thieves entered the back room took the safe keys keya and in coin but left one gold note some greenbacks green backs and a check for no clue to the robbers SAN FRANCISCO 3 the foundations of the new city hall are nearly complete ASHLAND agn caroll and noah bring twelve hours later news from the klamath country they left loft on en sunday morning fifty klamath Indians from the agency well armed and equipped under the command of capt had just arrived and reported ready for duty to protect the citizens the people in landall valley one hundred milis miles from were all forted up and jesse jesso applegate from clear lake reported there also that no news from orom any further murders had been received but great fears were entertained for the safety of families living south of the bodily boddy nothing has been herd of the family that were killed fourteen men armed with henry rifles left yesterday for klamath and will get there tonight to night bight jacksonville agn 3 further news from jhb th country indicates thal thai the sett settlers lern are taking active meas for protection seventeen mounted volunteers left today to dby day and will push through as fast as possible to assist the settlers more blore men will leave lave to tomor mor row SAN DIEGO in the board of city trustees yesterday a final settlement of negotiations for the transfer of the lands and franchise of the lila ilia glia railroad company to the texas and pacific ral railroad broad was effected the transfer is to take place tomorrow to morrow BATTLE MOUNTAIN I 1 nev nov 2 this place was wag the scene of a cowardly murder this pm A blacksmith helper named jno sullivan had a dispute with another blacksmith wm chapman and blows ensued they were separated by bystanders sullivan immediately went for a but butcher chei cher knife he m met t chapman and deliberate deliberately ly stabbed him to the heart killing him almost instantly sullivan is now under arrest awaiting an examination the people abeso areso are so excited it will be almost impossible for the omm off meers leers to them from lunching lynching lyn ching the oner chapman leaves a wife and two children NEW ORLEANS 2 about a year ago geo E bovee secretary of state was suspended by the governor for misdemeanor and herron was appointed the legislature subsequently met meto but failing to take action in the case the supreme court tay today to day declared bovee secretary of state and ordered him reinstated NEW lurg lura N Y 3 it la Is reported that thal ex senator wm vm M graham president of the wallkill Wall kill national bank middleton Midd leton loton N Y wis wab was arrested last night and taken to newyork new york city in charge of the U S marshal graham is alleged to be in connection with horton cashier of ef the bank a n defaulter to the amount of having squandered the money in stock gambling |