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Show NEWS OF A DAY. Utah May Not Get the Colorado Colo-rado Utes. RAWLINS ON THE ALERT. Bland 'b Silver Bill Will Be Brought to a Vote in the Senate on Tuesday Next, and There la No Reanon to Believe That it Will Not I'aw-Notes. Washington, March 9. Air. Raw-1 I lins introduced in the hou9e today a bill authorizing the survey of coal landa on the same terms as agricultural. agricul-tural. He filed, also, the memorial of' the Utah legislature on the same sub j ject. The proposition has been agi- ' 3 tated considerably in the west, an d I the chances are the measure will be favorably acted on Dy the public landa committee. The senate Indian affairs committee have not yet drawn up their report on the bill to remove the Southern Colorado Col-orado Ute Indians to San Juan county. Utah. Although the subcommittee, sub-committee, last weefe, was authorized to favorably report the bill, a motion will be made to reconsider the action. The testimony before the committee feas been printed since then, and several sev-eral senators who are members of the Indian committee were not present when the action was taken. Since reading the testimony, thev reserve the right to oppose the bill and think further consideration should be given the matter in committee. ine nouse sub-comm;ttee has not acted because of the absence of Hunter, Hun-ter, of Illinois, but they are all said to be opposed to dumping these Indians into Utah. OX TUESDAY NEXT. Washington, March 9, In the een-ate, een-ate, Pt-ffer introduced a resolution to investigate the rumors regarding the ugar speculation by members of congress. con-gress. It went over till tomorrow. The Bland seigniorage bill came up this afternoon, the pending question being Allison's motion to reconsider the Jast etage of the proceedings in order that amendments could be of- Ifered to the bill, Harris, who had been opposing the motion, said he was williEg to allow Itne debate to continuiip aaT lill Wednesday next, but at pres nt he was unwilling mat tbe bill ehould i aigain go back to the amendment stage, f A discussion followed as to the ne- icessity of amendments. Finally, all propositions for reaching an agreement to vote on tbe bill failed and Vilas took the floor, but gave way for a motion that when the senate adjourn ad-journ it be till Monday. The motion was defeated 16 to 33. Tbe opponents of the seigniorage bill voted affirmatively and its friends in the neeative. Later the senate agreed to vote on tbe Bland seigniorage bill at 2 p. m. on Tuesday next. At 4:25, Vilas yielded to a motion by llama to go into executive session after which the senate adjourned till , .Monday. -J JVOTES. 1 George Cooper Comer, of Chatta nooga, perhaps the most eminent Mason Ma-son in the south, died yesterday. He was grand master of the Tennessee Knights Templar. Recent elections in Valparaiso n Eult ed in utter defeat of the Conservatives The next senate will be composed of J 21 Liberals and 11 Conservatives, and j the chamber of deputies will contain 28 j. Conservatives, 22 jialmacedists, and 16 Radicals. Stanton Abbott, the English pugilist, f has flunked out of his finish fight with I Uobby Dobbs, the colored pugiliet, I echeduled for the Twin City Athletic cab next Monday evening. Abbott J writes that be did not know JJobbs was I a colored man when he signed the ar- J tides. Jake Gaudaur. the world's chara- pion oarsman, will row double in En2- land as well as at Austin, Tex,, with 1 Ed. Durman, Hanlon's neplew. They 1 have accepted Suliiv&n and Hardine's I .challenge for a race next July on the 1 Thames for $2,500. Gaudaur will row j Harding single. . j |