Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-30

Capt. Edwin Pollock, of the Ninth
Infantry, left Fort Mckinney yes
terday to patrol the country in the
neighborhood of Belle Fourche and
as far into the Black Hills as the
limits of the Department will per-
NIT. Fort Mckinney is the most
northern post in the Department
of the Platte and is about 17S miles
northwest Of Fort Laramie, at the
foot of the Big Horn Mountains.
This expedition would have started
two or three weeks ago had it not
been for the late severe storm that
prevailed throughout the country
they are expected to traverse.
They will be on patrol duty in the
field about one month and will
hunt for struggling bands of In
dians away from reservations.
| The Missouri river rose twenty
inches at this point since yester-
day, three and half feet at Sioux
City. and five feet above that place.
For fear that the rise may do some
damage to the Union Pacific bridge
precautions are being taken to pre-
vent anything of the kind.
A day or two since the new iron
superstructure of the second span,
at the east end, was put in place
and the wooden truss which has
been doing temporary duty, was
lowered about q foot and allowed to
rest on the piles. Some of the piles
are already washed out and there is
a possibility that the high water
will take them all out. Should it
do this, the wooden truss would
very likely plunge forward east
ward against the piers and possibly
break them off, as the truss weighs
$50 tons. To avert such disaster
the truss is now being hung by two
immense steel wire cables six
inches in diameter. These cables
are to go under the truss Mt each
end and the ends of the cables are
to be fastened to the iron work
above, which is independent OF the
wooden truss and rests on the piers.
Trains are passing over the bridge
safely and with but little or no in
corruption.
Pages Timber BIii-Mtnt ApprO.
| prtntiOns.
WASHINGTON, March 29th.-The
House Public Lads Committee
have agreed to recommend the
passage of tie bill introduced by
Representative Page last Tuesday,
providing for the sale of timber
lands in California, Oregon and
Washington Territory and for the
discontinuance of the prosecution
of the parties indicted for violation
of section 246l of the revised stat
utes, on condition of their paying
into the court q penalty of So so
for every acre of land from which
they have caused timber to
be cut or removed. The only
amendment made by the commit
tee is one to provide more clearly
that this last named provision aud
the proposed repeal of section 475l,
relative to informers, shall apply
only to California, Oregon and
Washington Territory. The Com
mittee authorized Wigginton to
report it for passage at the first OPP
portunity.
The legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, as re-
ported from the House Committee,
proposes the following appropria-
lions for Pacific Coast mints: San
Francisco, wages of workmen and
all adjusters, S275,0OO; materials
and repairs, $4,000; salary of
Superintendent, $4,000; assayer,
melter, retiner and coiner, $1,000
each; Chief Clerk and Cashier,
$500 each, and four clerks 900
each.
j. n. Miner, whose mail con-
tracts were alleged to be void by
reason of want ofhis original sigma
ture, is the successful bidder on a
large number OF Pacific Coast routes
recently awarded.
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March, 20th.-
SENATE. Afternoon.-Bailey ques-
toned whether the railroads would
accept the Railroad Committees
bill, which it was necessary for
them to do. 1t relinquished to the
companies forty-five millions of
dollars. The Judiciary Committees
bill did not impair the obligations
of contracts and the acts of Con-
gress of 1862 and 1S64-did not pro-
hitit Congress from compelling
these companies to create n sink
ing fund.
The Senate then went into exec
utive session. Upon re-opening
the doors Lamar submitted a reso-
luton looking to the preservation
of the water front at Vicksburg.
Agreed to.
Teller, from the Railroad Com
mittee, reported amendments to
Senate bill to authorize narrow
gauge railroad from Bismarck to
the Black Hills. To the calendar
Adjourned till Monday.
HoUsE-AFTERNooN. Dean was
sworn in.
The House refused. by n vote of
1913 to 107, to adopt Harrison's mo-
ton to consider the report of the
Civil Service Committee on Door
keeper Polk. The Republicans
generally voted aye.
Foster reported back the appro.
priation bill for miscellaneous ex-
penses of the House and Senate.
The Senate amendments were con.
Cured in.
Bills Introduces: BY Pierce, TO
establish a Board Of Pacific Rail-
way Commissiol ers.
Willis offered resolution di.
recting the Judiciary Committee to
ascertain all the facts relating to
contracts made with the Union Pa
citic and Kansas Pacific on the I'D
and 23d of April, 1878, and whether
they were legal. Referred.
The District of Columbia bill was
discussed. Some opposition was
manifested by Townsend to the
section which compels the govern
ment to pay half of the city's debt,
and then it was laid aside.