The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-04-02

Elgm, III, WA Waited by destructive con.
Aagrataon. More than two squares in the
bssiness portion of the city werS burned over,
eausinga loss Of over ssoo, 900; insured for
$1O00o0
Aspseial dispatch to tie Chicago I.ssrsO essn,
dated March q, says that Detectives Sinner
and Baldwin had fight with James Younger,
near st. Catherine, No., on the 21st, and that
Younger and Baldwin were both wounded,
Younger getting away - usual.
All the Union printers Of New Orleans
struck On the Esd against reduction Of wages.
Tho proprietors offered nifty cents per 1000,
while the printers demanded sixty.
Congressional.
In the Senate, on the 18th, petitions
were presented In favor Of an increase In the vol.
ume Of currency, and one from citizens Of Detroit
10 opposition thereto, and favoEng speedy return
70 .os spssis payment; "A memorial w;s presented
% Sn the q W g u
Rivef, and for the preliminary survey for the canal
nom Lake Superior to the Falls Of St
ss ssd.n bin va: :e g:'sS r to e :s,a0ss e
tribunals In tie Ottoman dominsoo and in TavDt.
ssa,1 o q e Ss under as a.
-
ment Of Egypt. Mr.. Logan addressed the Senate
on the bin 70 equalise The distribution Of the cur
the currency. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, a bill was
passed exempting Kansas and Missouri from the
operation Of the act Of May, 1874 which foebids
the pss,empsion q iron and nd, coal mines: The
Committee Of the Whole. The Military Academy
ApproP.iasion BIN was reported from The ApprOpa.
Military Committee, and made the special order
for the first Tuesday in April, to provide for the
gradual reduction Of the army. The Transports
ton question vas debated at the evening session
In the Senate, on the 18th, q memorial
Of Ns. D. R. Lawrence, Of New York, was re-
ceived and referred, announcing that the !" tidal
wave" Of temperance would soon reach Washino-
ton and a:nE that band Of paying women
with Senators Chandler and sprague, be
appointed committee to receive them. !. The
In favor Of cheap transportation was received and
referred Bills were introduced for the relief Of
certain settlers on railroad lands; providing
t for the ,.. opening sn, and improving Of ce
ya.) expressing the conviction thai the remedy for
the present eyils Vas II The transfer Of banking
and not imitation. The Army Appropriation bill
was considered. ). Adjourned.
The regular session of the House on
the 18th was devoted exclusively to debate ON the
bill to regulate interstate railroad commerce.
on which subject several written speeches
to the bin to revise and consolidate the statutes
In the Senate, ON the 10th, bills were
passed-amendatory Of the act to prevent the ex-
termination Of fur-bearing animals in Alaska; to
| tho -
engineers q pilots; appropriating $4,000 to pay
the expenses Of the Joint Committee to investigate
n. The management Of the adairs Of
bill repeating the thirteenth section Of the act Of
march = Iooo, regulating the carriage OF passen-
gers IN steamshps and other vessels, etc., was re-
The Army Appropriation bill was considered and
several amendments were agreed to. Executive
session and adjournment
In the House, on the 10Th, q bill was
introduced to amend the act Of 1873 in regard to
the enrolment and licensing Of vessels employed
IN the fishing and coast trade. The Legislative
Judicial and Executive Appropriation bin was
an exciting debate on the question Of mileage an
amendment to reduce the amount one-half was re-
iected.es to 50. Other proposed amendments were
also rejected. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Goth, resolutions
Of the California Legislature were presented, pro-
testing against any further subsidy to the Pacific
senators and Representatives from that State to
use their nnuence to have Articles and Of the
treaty with China modified 90 as to discourage
COMMITTEES on Public Lands reported unfavorably
on the Senate bill granting aid to the Atlantic {
Great Western Canal Company. The bill 10
the speci.! order for the va. The Army
APPROPRIATION bin were passed. with
House Of aeeq on The Of the s
was granted, and Messrs. Buckingham, ingalls,
ana Stevenson were appointed on the committee
- ssd .As part Oh INC Ssn''e - Adjourned to the
In the House, on the Goth, the Georgia
contested election case was considered the major
tty report being that Rowles. the sitting member
is not entitled to his seat, and that Andrew Sloan
the contestant, is. The minority report takes the
opposite position: The Republican members Of the
Democrats In the minority report. "A bill giving
the approval Of Congress to the route and termini
q ne Anacoetia & Potomac Railway in the Dis
u1ct OF Columbia was passed. Adjourned.
Senate not in session on the 2lst. In
the House the bill appropriating &sso,ooo for =
bridge over the eastern branch of the Potomac
River was rejected. "A bill was passed appropFi-
trict t6e amount o Be collected BY tax on per
eo1Sr Se.0so sl0 On Dsnk9 ana 0tnef corporations
mp and debated. Adjourned.
In the Senate, ON the sd, q resolution
WA preaentea from the r..,.,..,-. - ,r,.h,,...
~ -sss."s '.On- , sue a@elsls'ufe VI Alcn.ean'
sno ieieneo' praying Congress to amend the
Postal law 20 q to permit the free exchange Of
newspaper and their free circulation in counties
where published "A petition signed by 100 bust.
ness men of New York, asking that the volume or
legal tenders be fixed at $4OO COO and favoring
free banking. was presented and referred. K
resolution Of the New York Cotton Exchange was
presented, signed BY every member thereof.
rency, and asking legislation for speedy
retarn TO- specie payment. Other petit
tons relating to the currency Question
were presented. "A bill was reported from the
Committee ON Territories, without amendment.
providing for the formation OF Pembina TERRITORY
the Territory to consist Of that portion Of D.
hota which lies north Of the forty-sixth psfaiIel
....Hr sherman, from the Committee on finance.
reported bill to provide for the redemption and
reissue Of United States notes ana for fra hanE
ing, and gave notice that on the s4ih he would Of
fer It q substitute Tor the pendino 1nancisi hin
tn ennalixa fha dS.frshntsr, 80 -. ~. 49,. -.