Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-14
EVENING STAR.
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SENATE.-After our report closed

StNA1E.-After our report closed
Mr.. Spencer, from the COMMITTEES On ro,.
mcrce. reported without amendment the hin ,r-
troduced by Mr.. Chandler two dsys ago 20 intro
duoe the international code OF signals iito tAc
merchant service OF the United Ststes.
MI. Corbett, from the same COMMITTEES, -
ported without Amendment the HOuse bili 20
provide for the establishment Of hfe-ssying sta
tons on the coasts OF Maine. New Hampehirr
Massachusetts,, Virginia, and North Carolina
II n bill makes IL the duty ui tire Secrotart %
the Treasury Ca establish them al sach point .
ne deems Necessary
NAshisGToN, CINCINNATI AND 81. tors
RAILROAD.
Mt. Corbcu, alSo from the committee on cora
nlerce, r. ported without amendment Senate
biz authorizing the Washington, Cincinasti ara
~. louis iailToad COMPANY 60 construct A rail-
rusd from Warrington ciiy. through the s,st,s
OF Nirkinia, West NiTginis. Ohio Indiana. aud
Illinois. to St Louis. with a branch road frsm
any point on the main line in Indiana % lbi-
esgo, extending % the company for thu rurps-.
th- ssysrsl powers ,sumCTated AN sts charter
Nom the state at Virginia.
OBSCENE LIINEATrrE.
Mr.. Windom. from committee ON post olhcss
anu poet roads, reported. without amendment
bill Tor the suppression OF trade in and cree
latiOn OF, obscene literature aud articles OF inn
moral use. n proyid - D. naties 81 hne aud ia
prtSonment for selling ca advertising indecent
books. picturcso or articles Of m edicine fot i'm
moral use. and foriids the imPors alton ut such
articles. Excerpt drugs In bulk and lNs Visa
their conveyance in the mails. OF GePostias
the m in or taking them from any post Of.ce.
Mir. Hitchcock introduced bil prohibiting
inc N"Ntlal ttfftNFltN OF the unirR tfnm -
or leaning their credit 90 railroad companies.
PENSIONS.
Mr.. Pratt, from the committee on pensions.
r,rof'ed, without amendment. the HOUSE han
restoring 60 the pension rolls the names OF all
persons hitherto pcnsioned for services In the
war OF ISL, and dropped thercfrom ON aeoou.,
of sympathy with the late rebellion. The hia
alsO repeats the law which author ed SUI a pee
sioners 70 be dropped.
INAUGURATINS.
The Vice President Was authorized 20 appoint
n committee Of three Senators 10 make arrange
mtEts for the Inauguration.
KANSAS INYEsTIGATIoN.
Mr.. FreiinChuysen moved an order appr0pri-
atng so0 from the contingent fund of the
Senate 20 defray the eNpcnses attending the
invest CATION into the allegations of bribery
IN the late senatorial election an Kansas.
Adopted.
TIRE NAVAL AUTHORIZATIONS Bill
was then takcnup. The first amendments Of the
committee on appropriations. Increasing the
amount for surveying in the Pacific from SO 80
to $500. was agreed to.
The amendment appropria.ing $4,000 to
purchase the right 90 manufacture and use the
hest self-lroPelling torpedo boats was amendcl
"a authorize the Use of the money for either tor
Pe.S soats or the best self-Iropelling sub
The amendment extending from june -.
1873. the term AT the Naval Academy "a six yesrs
Mr.. Stockton moved an amendment apprs-
priating so 600 fer contingent expenses at the
Naval Acadcmy. Agreed 20.
Mr.. Patterson moved an amendment tina,
person shall receive the appointment 20 profas-
sOr of mathematics in the navy until he shah
have passed satisfactory professional eNami-
nation before a board OF naval professors OF ma
thomatics designated for that purpose by the
Secretary Of the Navy.
Mr.. Cragin moved an appropriation OF - 20s.-
600 for construction OF eight steam vessels of
war. Adopted.
Pending further action the Senate went into
executive session and then adjourned.
HOCSE.-After our report closed
Mr.. Wood N. W asked unanimous consent 90
offer a resolution expressive of sympathy with
~ ain in its efforts TO establish republican hrst-
tuiiOns.
MIR. Butler Mass, objected.
MIR. Jones lWyomBgD introduced n bin 20 pro-
vide for the apIertionment of the territory OF
Wyoming for legislative purposes.
Mr.. Slater (oregon). from the committee on
public lands, reported Tin supplementary Go
the act granting the right of way 20 the Great
on motion Of Mr.. Tate gNebD the Senate bin
for public building VI Lincoln, Nebraska, VA.
taken up and passed.
BUREAU oP STATISTICS.
Mr.. T.. III. Roberts (N.N.l. from the commit
tee on ways and means, reported a bill pre-
scrihing the duties Of the chief OF the bureau %
statistics; which was PASSED. The bin greatly
enlarges the duties OF the bureau, and extends
its duties over the prices of labor, the cost of
articles Of food and other supplies in this aud
other countries, and railroad and other statis-
tics.
Mr.. Garfield asked unanimous consent that on
and after Monday the daily sessions commence
al IL a. m; which was ordered.
COMMISSIONERS up COMMERCE
The day having been assigned by special order
20 the committee on commerce, Mr.. Shellabsr-
ger (Ohio) reported bill 90 provide for the
creation Of board Of commissioners of com
merce, and TO prescribe the duties thereof.
which il substantially the first section of a hill
reported some days since aud rejected by the
House.
After long debate Mr.. Morgan (ohio) moved
TO lay the bill on the table; which was agreed
to-yeas %, nays So
The House, at 80 p. m, adjourned.
SUICIDE IL A STATIox-H oUeE CELL.-Wsnaa
OF me Bottom cf IA special dispatch TO the
Cincinnati Gazette from Richmond, Ind, Feb
ruary 3, says: Charlie r. Buckley. alias Il. w.
Bentz, committed suicide while confined i'm the
station-house last night Prom facts developed
in the coroner's inquest, We learn that Buckeye
home is in Wheeling, West Virginia; that he
has been dealing in cattle and doing railroad
contracting in Texas for several wears. He and
his wife whose maiden name Louisa
Dorsey, whom he claims he married In Cincip-
matt in the middle of January, came here last
Monday, and In the evening he left, stating
he wasor for a week r stay i'm Baltimore. II ap-
pears that one George Clark stood between them
with fair share Of her affections, for Saturday
morning Buckley sent a boy 10 his wife with
n note, in which he asked her TO meet him at
the hotel. IL was signed Geo. c.. Her reply.
which was found in his pass book, and her
finally coming to the hotel, no doubt tells the
tale. He was arrested about O'Clock, for
drunkenness, ana found dead in his cell at s3o,
with morphine and pieces of vial scattered
about him. Searching him, the police got a
watch and chain, two revolvers, and over thirty
dollars in gold and silver. but failed 20 find
morphine and over two hundred dollars he had
hidden about his person. The verdict OF the
from the effects of morphine administered by
his own hand.
avA Nashville, Tennessee, ghost wears mol
onaise and carries a parasol.
MARRIED..