Show BY congressional b SENATE washington 27 7 consideration was resumed of the bill providing a permanent form of government for lor i the district of columbia thurman submitted an amendment to strike out the twentieth section of the bill reported I 1 by the senate committee contin continuing uga uba uka the board of health and insert in lieu thereof the ten tenth tb eie ele eleventh vent h twelfth and thirteenth sections of the u e house bill providing for the appointment of a health officer by tiie the district commissioner to have con troi of the sanitary condition of the district withers moved to amend the amendment of thurman so as to make the salary of the health officer pr pt pir r annum instead of 2800 aa us proposed agreed to the amendment was agreed to yeas 24 nays 23 thurman then offered an au additional section providing that the t debt of the district shall not be in creased except by the loan of authorized by the pending bill agreed to he also submitted an amendment declaring the term of isch used in the act of june 1870 should be held to include all educational establish ments and providing for the refunding of certain paid upon property ty actually used for educational purposes thurman said it r was waa intended to exempt from taxation the columbian college georgetown college and arid other ed institutions ingalls opposed tho the amend mout moli moil t and argued that the effect of it would be bo to exempt worth of property from taxation moat most of which was controlled ay b y catholics though it made no difference to him whether they were controlled by catholics ians iaus or cormons mormons Mor mong mons he opposed it upon principle the institutions were private institutions conducted for i purposes of gain and in no sense could they te be regarded as public institutions after further discussion thurman in V dl fled fied his amendment so as to exempt from taxation collegiate establishments not conducted for private gain the amendment was agreed to yeas 28 nays 23 the bill having been bean conil considered dered in the committee of th the whole it was reported to tb the tho e senate and the amendments made in the commit keg tee were in the bill was then read rod red uhe the third time and passed ferry moved to take up th the e house bill to forbid further ret yet retirement JY tender notes windom opposed the motion and said the committee on appropriations was now prepared to proceed with the consideration of the le legislative t ls judicial and executive appropriation bill voorhees favored the motion of ferry and said if there should be muen further contraction of currency there would be no money to pay that appropriated by any ariy bills i hereford favored the tho consid consideration ieta tion of the legal tender bill tho the motion of bf ferry to take la up p the bill to forbid the further retirement of legal tender notes was agreed to yeas seas 28 nays 26 an effort was made to havo have it understood that a vote on the legal tender bill should b be taken at 6 tomorrow to morrow but objection was made adjourned washington 28 mcpherson submitted a reso reeo resolution lution declaring that it ia is unwise and inexpedient for congress at the present ses sef ebion islon to change the existing rate rato of tax on manufactured toba tobacco cco eco he ask ed for present Mn of the resolution but objection was made by withers and it wab was laid over hamlin reported a bill providing for the payment of the award made by the ashery fishery commission commiss loil athali at halifax under the treaty of washing lt ton placed on the tho calendar hamllik also reported from the samo iame same committee a long written re 4 port to accompanying bill also aiso a concurrent resolution that the views and recommendations embraced in the report of the senate committee on foreign relations touching the award made by the fishery commission at halifax are being ampro ved ves the report leport of the eom COM committee mitlee mILLee of foreign relations above referred to in conclusion bays saye and your committee further recommend that the executive department part ment of the united states abound be authorized to pay the award if after correspondence with the government Rovern ment of great britain the president of the united states shall without further communication with congress Con kress press deem that such payment shail shall he be demanded by the honor and good faith of the nation and if in pursuance of that conclusion the award shall be paid i that the president shall as soon as may be thereafter lay jay the correspondence pon dence with the british government relating thereto before congress morrill reported favorably on the house bill to authorize the secretary of the treasury to constitute superintendents superintend enta of mints or assay era in assay offices assistant aers of thu the united states without additional compensation to receive gold coin and bullion on deposit for pu purposes reposes provided for in section revised statutes placed un en the calendar at the conclusion of the morning hour consideration was resumed or the hoube bill to forbid the further retirement of united states legal tender notes bayard submitted an amendment to the clause providing for the tile reissue of said notes redeemed or received into the treasury under any law as follows provided that said notes when so received shall be receivable for all dues to the united states excepting duties on imports imp orts oits ai and not be otherwise leal legal tender and any reprint of said laid noted small email bear this superscription he then addressed the senate in ln favor amendment mouse washington 27 banning moved to suspend the rules anil auel adopt a reso reeo resolution lution for the adjourn jentof ment of he house from wednesday to friday next in order tolob dolob to observe with due respect and leverence the day on which the graves of the dead heroes of the fate war are to bo be decorated agreed to hod Sod So southard thard ulhard from the select committee on counting votes tor for brest prest president and vlee vice president reported a bill on that subject and gave gotico that he goula would call it up consideration and disposal on J it oth morton motton from the committee ou on indian aun aft affairs airs reported a bill to extend the jurisdiction of we the court of claims to cases casesi growing out of referred to the committee of awe the house then went into llo coni conr of the whole on the ar army my appropriation bill the question be ing dagou on the amendment offered by scales to transfer the control of indians to the war department scales amendment was adopted to during the discussion preceding its adoption burchard suggested that the amendment would prevent the ase of troops iu in enforcing interial tenal in revenue jaws laws and suppressing illicit distillation be schleicher bl eicher eleber wanted to exel exclude tide ulde f from rom its operation the state of texas and the execution of neutrality laws it was suggested by lapham that it would be better not to pass the bill at ail all and to disband the army at once it was claimed by knott that if the president could use the army wih without gut law the pretext of this being a reau republican gov government e rumen t was a sham and a fraud it was way intimated by aldrich that rand band perhaps others iii in kentucky would be delighted with the amendment and he be scent to the tho clerks desk and had read lead a memorial from the municipality of chiego chicago for an army ot or men the COMmiL committee tee then r rose 0 se and reported that bili bill bi 11 and a amendments i to thu tho house the first vote taken in the house was on the amendment the limitation strength of the ar afy from 00 to men the till vote resulted yeas nays naya all the republicans voted in the a fil III amative and had for allies on the democratic ahde arde all ali a I 1 the texas members mem bels beis except reagan who voted nay Z patterson Pa avillia m si mich and Wiggin tou ton garfield at the close of roll call changed his vote from yea yes to nay eo so that he lie might move to reconsider the vote the actual vote being therefore to when the was announced garfield arfield 3 and hewitt roue rose simultaneously to move to reconsider the latter was recognized by the the speaker and moved to reconsider sid bid er and to la lay isy Y the motion to reconsider on the table this recognition of hewitt hewittt by the speaker was resented by garfield who claimed that as matter of courtesy when a member changed his vote for the purpose of making such a motion he was always recognized by the chair to which the speaker responded that if the gentleman chose to give an insincere vote it was not the fault of the chair and that the chair was bound by all parliamentary practice to recognize the gentleman in of the bill reed heed then broke into the colloquy with the declaration that there hud bud ad been nothing to justify the speakers remark aa as to the insincere vote vole to which the speaker replied that the gentleman from ohio garnie murrield garfield ld bad had undertaken to reflect upon him and that he be proposed to defend himself chere was a good deal of feeling man mau rested Heated on the part port of all concerned a feeling which communicated itself to lne lue two tuo bides sides of the cli chamber aber aud and nd which was shown by the applause app laube cofone of one or the other then thun a dilatory motion to adjourn was made on the republic republican au side and aud was voted aown the motion to 0 lay on the the table the moti motion onto to reconsider was then carried over ayes nays naja wigginton and bat Pat Patte batte batterson tenon raon voted with their party so the house honse voted to limit the strength of the army to men without disposing of the bill the house adjourned 28 8 shelley reported back from the committee on roads and canals the senate bill for uhe the construction of a railroad from bismarck to the black hills but on the reading of the bill it appeared that ib it makes a arrant of land for railroad stations which makes it liable to the point of order that it must first be considered in committee of or t the ho whole and that point bo baldg being ing madei made the bill was with drewni on motion of wood the tho senate amendments to the house bill for the free entry of articles imported tor for exhibition by societies established for the encouragement of arts and sciences were concurred in and the bill passed the bill for holding the elections for representatives sin rin in california to the congress on the first wednesday in Sup september 1879 passed the house then voted on the amendments to appropriation bill all the items which h had la d been increased on a basis of a an cany abny force of men were re restored store d to a wa klie the basis basig of by vote tote of yeas yens nays the amendment adopted in committee of the whole transferring the indian bureau from the in perlor I 1 to the war department was agreed to AMERICAN NEW YORK 27 the lews jews believes the secret which williamson the escaped convict from sin Siu gaina gaine recently convicted of forgery in london offered to impart for the sum of was the flood flooding Dg of european ports with 50 counterfeit united states national bank currency a large amount of which is finding its way to this country through emigrants philadelphia pirir 27 the work on the california and columbus steamers recently acquired by russian agents is progressing rapidly the character of the work is such as to Indi indicate cate caie that the vessels are to be used aa as cruisers the california has been tested one of th the large columbi columb lads ads intended for a monitor was placed in different positions of the spar deck but it made no perceptible difference in the draft of thes thesbit hip bip A third mast is to be added to lo the columbus to give her nev NEY NEWARK ARic N J 27 hiram mirani M rhodes late president presidents peter L doremus Dor enaus vice president pre aident vm wm W randall kandall treasurer trea surer aurer and joseph W smith wm win alien allen and bilas silas S saith williams ams managers of the peopled peoples savings institution now in the hands of a receiver haye have been indicted by the grand orand jury for conspiracy to defraud the depositors by loaning loan ioan i ng money en on inadequate su curit curi ies iea all but alien allen were arraigned ned today to day plead not guilty and held in bail mendos MENDON III 27 kearney the man who committed murder and suicide at arlington ills yesterday has haa no friends here hi s mother mrs mccoy and a sister are living in california it is also reported that be has a wine wife and two children in that state DENVER 27 the damage resul result ing to property in this city by the recent flood la Is much less lesa than was at first supposed it is now estimated that li will cover it the body of engineer bacon who was a victim of the kiowa bridge disaster was yesterday found seven miles below the bridge one of the tho firemen and the locomotive are still missing and it is believed are burled buried under the sands DEADWOOD D T 27 the T be body of miss misa mary pettigrew a much ea ed teemed young lady of 10 16 years was found floating in the spearfish river fifteen miles from here bere she left home to go after her pony and it ilia Is supposed bhe she fell in jn the river while trying to cross on a bridge formed byu by rift wood A coroners jury rend renu rendered ered a verdict of accidental drowning nguon NUTON 27 several de do art ments of the government go be closed on thursday the in stant stunt in respect to the memory of those who fell in defence of the union and aud to enable the employed emp loyes to participate in the commemorative ceremonies of the day page today to day introduced a bill provi providing dilg dlug that when the lands within tuo tue limits of railroad reservation or of rejected spanish grants are restored to the public publio domain any person who has settled or who hereafter settles upon them under the homestead or pre pro emption laws shall retain all ail his original rights and that these shall date back to his original settlement the bill introduced into the house hoube today to day by the chair chairman man mau of the indian affairs committee committe ej and wiach which was prepared by the indian bureau provides for the consolidation of all the indians in oregon and washington territory upon five reservations the warm spring and umatilla indians by this plan will be taken to reservation at an estimated coet coa of and have the effect of releasing acres acrea of land to settlement tl teen reservations in washington territory comprising acres exclusive of the colville reservation will be reduced to three namely bay puyallup Pv and Colv at an estimated cost I 1 of the biletz siletz and other oregon frid indiana fans ians will be placed on the grande bande rande reservation A dozen or more tribes now on the colville reservation tow tov together 4 ether with a all ali 11 th the e tribes now in the western part of washington territory will wui ue be restricted to the comparatively r a ave thy area of acres and the rubt rust ot uni evaa which comprises nearly neatly acres will be thrown open for corsel settlement tl the bill provides for the release in other parts of or the united states of about acres in addition to the above indicated dica ted no changes are proposed concerning the reservations in california li NEW yore YORK 28 the heralda seralda s washington special has this on the potter committee the question of a 11 secret session has baa been consi derbi derei by the four republicans and the conference showed three of them in favor of open session the one in favor of a secret session is believed to be butler butter the democratic members ot of the committee say they will not consent to any investigation of the other states |