The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-31
Washington News and Gossip.
THE INITIATION BILLS,

THE INITIATION BILLS.
There seems to. be some msapprehension
with regard to the Senate vote ION the four
hundred million proposition. The vote was no.
upon the House bill. which still lies upon the
presiding officers table, but upon the substi-
tute for the first section of the Finance bill re-
ported by the Senate Committee on Finance.
Consequently, before this measure can come to
the President for his approval the Senate mus
act upon the House bill.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
"Perley" says that the memorialists have thus
far only unearthed two Irregularities suscepti-
BILE of explanation, over which they are cack-
ling loudly.
ANOTHER VERSION.
The Boston Advertiser's special says that the
members of the District legislature to whom a
prominent contractor testified that he had Of
fered $4,000, and paid $1,000, for securing con-
tract, we're both Democrats, Culver being a
member of the house of delegates. and Gulek
member of the council and presidential APP
pointee. One of the ring organs to-day, speak
ing of this matter, makes very severe strict
ure upon the legislature, and says:
This only serves to prove that so far as the
operation of our public works is concerned the
was the tool of the contractors, through which
they operated upon the board, and as such it
would have been better had it never existed.
THE UNION PACIFIC CASE.
The bill agreed upon by the judiciary COM
mittee in relation to the Central or Atkinson
branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, allows
the company to take its claim for additional
bonds and lands to the court of claims, with a
provision directing the Attorney General to
appeal the case to the Supreme Court if the
court of claims decides in favor of the road.
The report was not unanimous, and some of
lie strong members Of the Committee will op-
pose it on the floor and contend that the COM
pany has no legal claim to the increased sub
sidy. Prominent railroad men here assert that
it is not true that the roads will bring their in
f1uence to bear in the senate to defeat the pend
ing transportation bill. They base their indIf.
ference to the passage of the measure on the
belief that the courts will not sustain the inter-
ference, proposed by the BILL with the railroad
lines.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPss.
The receipts from internal revenue this
expected, and are less than for the correspond
ing month last year. The receipts for the first
quarter OF 1874, however, are in excess of the
receipts for the first quarter of 1873.
A VETO WANTED.
The contractionists are bringing great pres
sure to bear on the President to veto any bill
largely increasing the circulation of paper
money that may be passed The President
listens to all that IS said. and very properly ex-
presses no opinion on the subject.
PARTICULARS OF THE DEATH OF DR. LIv-
fSasTJNE.-A London despatch announces the
arrival of the remains of DR.. Livingstone
in that city. The following account is given
Of his last illness:
He hal been ill of chronic dysentery several
months Was well supplied with stores and
medicines, but had presentment the attack
would prove fatal. At first he YVES able to ride
on donkey, but soon had to be carried. Ar
irving at Muiala, beyond Lake Bomba, in the
Bosa country, he said, "Build me hut to die
n" hut was built by his followers. The
first OF May he was confined to his bed, and af-
forwards suffered greatly, grooming night and
and requested more grass to be put over the
hut. His followers could not speak to or go
near him. Kitumbo, the chief of Boza, sent
flour and beans, and behaved well towards the
party. The fourth day DR.. Livingstone was
miserable and died about midnight, Maka
sh0oa, a servant was present.
Dr. Livingstone made his last entry in his
diary April ". He spoke much and sadly of
nome and family. When first seized by the
fatal attack he told his followers he intended to
exchange everything for ivory to give them. and
then push on to Ujiji and Zanzibar and try to
reach England. The same day on which he
dIed DIS followers consulted what to do The
Nasslck boys determined to preserve the re-
mains. They were afraid to inform the chief
OF the death of the Doctor. The secretary had
the body removed to another hut and built a
high fence around it to insure privacy. He
then removed the Internal organs, placed them
in box aad buried them inside the fence I'M
der large tree. Jacob Wainwright cut an in
scrpt'on on the tree thus: "Dr. Livingstone,
died May 4, 1873" and subscribed it with the
name of the head man, 'Susa." The body
was preserved in salt and dried in the sun
twelve days.
Kitumbo on being informed of Livingstone's
death, had the drums beat and guns fired as a
token of respect, and allowed the followers to
remove the body, which they placed in a coffi n
of bark, and commenced the Journey TO Uu-
yamjembe. which consumed about six months,
sending in advance party with information
of all that had occurred, addressed to Living
stones son