Show th lie tho senate 0 othe 7 jn itce hunt aal ac mexico to tc f feb ag tho controller of the currency today to day the birst rational bank of pendleton Pend lelon biegon with a capstan of 50 OCO to business the president has accepted he resignation of waid hunt associate justice of tho court and will nominate his successor esst week the exposure of tho prema tuio it was tho intention to have them delivered aiom washington and fori nally mide giant was expected to write a circular cettei aba receivers for their support it received his medal weeks in advance of and bis approval ot the design L tho senate in session this afternoon had read and referred the nominations received in tha past iwo days military committee unanimously ic ported back the nomination of major rochester for postmaster general of the aim favorably TUB after exonerated rochester from all for defalcation bodeo ahat rochester followed the cus om of the department in passing up on and record as au is excellent A member of th way and labans commit tco said to azy that he had no doubt the committee will report la fa voi of reducing the tax on and tobacco ob acco but did not believe tho tion would be as much as lie the whiskey tax would be reduced about seventy cents his idea is ilat abo committed tea will firel aaroe to cut down inta inal taxation by certain figures and then apportion the reduction among tho various art cles which bear that tax fob 11 I 1 he senate committee on public lands to day referred senator hill 3 bill tor settlement of the ula reservation ri colorado to the sut committee with instruction to amend in some particulars and report to tha kanats favorably feb 15 argument on the straw bonds in the star dosed today to day col bliss contended that 1 li 7 4 allu wL LU was the existence of such facts as would justify the magistrate map istrate in bendine the cases to jury binea for tho defence intimated that the prosecution cf bis clients by the go eminent was the out crowth of private malice the court announced that a would bo rendered to morrow the banate hat taken up the judiciary committee bill for the suppression of polygamy in utah ono new action adopted provider that any man cohabiting with more than one womac shall be fined ix or be imprisoned for six months or both for each and every of fence the bill will pass the senate this afternoon as there is representative pago said to day that he intends to move to suspend tha rules of the house next monday for adoption of a resolution assigning an early day fur tha by that body oe the chinese bill reported by him the committee on and labor at a meeting of the houlb committee on indian day representative ainslie mado a favorable report upon the bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to dispose of certain lands adjacent to the town of pendleton oregan be loffin to tho umatilla indians I 1 the house committee has agreed to report foi the erection of public buildings at aois city idaho to coat and leavenworth Leaven woith kansas washington feb ag notice has been received heie at thaMe and other lec rations on tho of january guatemala offered a treaty to mexico inch mil be accepted freely ceding aft mexico a section of abent which his been a boundary boun diry disputed and agreeing to establish the boondry according to aha claims of mexico this is rather a comical end my to blames proposed intervention in favor of Guatemala which he sought on which the can of state it will be remembered phoned him to bal untenable for the reason that blame had omitted to inform of the history of tho facts of the dispute ex vice president wheeler has riven up his intended fisit to the pacific coast and will return from florida to his home in northern new york in time foi the spring fibbing the house committee on agriculture agreed to report favorably on a bill to make the agricultural an executive department and its chief a cabinet officer the fronds of the bill aro confident it will pas congress the results of the indgin labor during tho past twelve years since the beginning of the acate policy the board of indian commissioners sashow ss show an increase 10 products of soil by indian tabor of nearly twelve fold and at this rate of progress it is confidently predicted thai time is not far distant when all civilized indians will be self supporting and the tribes that remain wild and will soon follow the example abo report closes is follows wo kiive no new to recommend wa simply aige persistent adherence pace policy which meana government by rights and L t |