Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-19
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. FtDrtarV liz,
In the House, Armstrong intro.
duced a bill to enable the people oil
the Territories to elect a Governor
and other Territorial officers. A reso
lu,i IN was adopted. directing the
whether some general system OF
night signals should not he estab'
| liShed for Use in the merchant ma.
rine.
The bill to encourage and promote
telegraphic communication between
America and Asia was paSSed-136 to
81. The bill authorizes the American
and East Indian Telegraph Company
to- construct and maintain lines OF tel.
egraph or submarine cable on the Pa
elite coast, to connect the American
and Asiatic coasts, provided the con-
pany shall begin to lay the cable
within two years, and provides that
M or more Government steamers
may he detailed to aid the work.
In the House. the bill directing
contracts made with Murtagh, of the
Washington Republican, for reporting
and printing debates of Congress, W; 8
taken up. Previous question was not
seconded the vote standing CATO 72,al d
the manager of the bill, Beatty. having
lost control OF it the House went into
Committee 0ftheW Whole on the sundry
Civil Appropriation bill: Ihe report OF
the Poland Credit MObilier Commit
tee is to he submitted to-day. 1t will
doubtless recommend the expulsion
Of AneS and Brooks but make no rec
ommendltiOn in regard to others. In
the Senate Committee OIL the Pomeroy
case, after u secret session of an
hour this morning, decided to con-
fine the inquiry to the transaction
between PomerOy and York. J.C.HOr-
ton of Lawrence was then examined
His testimony, was mainly cOrrObor-
ative of York's story, tending to show
that the latter'S course was the result
of an arrangement made 10y the OPP
ponents of Pomeroy. In the House,
at 100. Poland presented a report OF
the Committee on the Credit MObiiier,
which the clerk proceeded to read.
All the implicated members were
in their seats, Cox temporarily
Occupying the Speakers chair;
The galleries We're crowded, and
an intense interest was manifested.
The report is very voluminous. The
committee, after stating their views
the House in the premises, say they
are of the opinion that the acts of
members not tn the present House
should be treated as nevertheless
within the jurisdiction of the present
House. In relation to AmeS, he sold
two members Credit MObilier stock
at par. when it was worth double that
amount, with a corrupt purpose. The
facts as to Brooks show that he used
his influence as Congressman and
Government Director of the Union
Pacific Railroad to get possession of
stock. The reading of the report DC
cuI,ied an hour and a quarter !; after
which Poland said no action would be
decided on until after the report
should be printed, and members CON
cerned could have an opportunity to
examine it.
NEW YORK.
New York, February IS.
In the Scannell case this morning,
District Attorney Phelps made the
opening address. Edmund Steven
son and Sheridan Shook testified tC
the shooting of Donohoe by the pris'
oner
The funeral of ex-Mayor Kalb.
fleisch took place this afternoon at
brooklyn, with Il large attendance,
including the Board of Aldermen
and nearly all the living eX-Mayors
of Brooklyn andMayorHavsmeyer OF
this city.
When the collision on the Hudson
River Railroad at YonkerS occul'
red, the engine going north, from
which the engineer and fireman had
jumped, caught the Poughkeepsle
| way-train going north at Hastings,
p!unging half through the rear coach,
which contained II passenger, Il
brakeman, and the assistant condu;'
tor. The passenger was unin.lured'
but the brakeman and assistant con
ductor were both probably fatally IN
.iured. No passengers were seriously
injured.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTsBURG. February IS.
The flood in the MOnOngahela rlvel
| continues without abatement, ant
even with increasing violence. 1t l.
| impossible to approximate to a cor
rect estimate OF the damage done, bu
it is considered the heaviest river dis
aster ever experienced here. Grav'
rumOrs are current concerning th'
damage done up the river. The los
of life so far known is only two.
FOREIGN NEWS.
AUSTRALIA.
MELBOURNE, February II.
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