Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-18

his account. subject to the pay
ment of cost and counsel fees II the
decree Is reversed, on giving secur-
ity therefor. Agreed to.
Hoar submitted the following
amendment: And whenever pat
ent has been issued to two or more
persons jointly, describing or rep
resenting matter which was the
invention of only one of them and
for which the inventor thereof
might lawfully have taken o sepa.
rate patent to himself, said inven-
tion may he secured to the first in
vsntor thereof by q Reissue of the |
patent so jointly issued upon pro-
ceedIngs, had as in other cases of |
REISSUE and with the consent In |
writing OF the assignees, If any, of !
such original patent, such REISSUE
to inure to the benefit Of oil per-
sons claiming under the original
patent as If their claims had arisen
under the patent so issued, except
as provided in the sixth section.
This amendment led to a lengthy
discussion and upon reaching a
vote it was discovered that no QUO
rum was present. A call If the
Senators was ordered and a quorum
having responded. Edmunds moved
that the Senate proceed to execu-
tive business, which was rejected.
After some difficulty in finding a
quorum, the amendment of Hoar
was agreed to. Yeas, 33; nays, s.
Davis, of Illinois, submitted an
| amendment providing that it shall
not be lawful to grant any reissue
of any patent for any invention ex-
cept the invention which was EN-.
braced Ia The original patent.
| When vote WAS reached 1t was
| again discovered that no quorum
| was present, So Senators only vot.
ing.
Wallace said he and the Senator
from Delaware, Bayard, desired to
be excused from further service on
the Teller Special Committee to in.
vestigaie o the recent elections.
| Conkling said he did not wish to
make any objection to the request
| of the Senator, but it was not in or
der to do any business now without
a QUORUM. He did not know that
it would be valid to excuse the Sen
ators nov, and suggested that the
request lay over for the present or
| he withdrawn. He moved an nd
journmeut
Wallace hoped the Senator
would Withdraw that motion,
as it was important to
act upon his request this eve-
ming. A call of the Senate was or
dered and a quorum having re-
sponded, Wallace said he made the
request to be excused because the
gentlemen who represented the
minority of the Senate on the
Teller Com mittee were now about
starting North from New Orleans
aud others were going to Charles
ton to continue the investigation.
It was impossible for him WAL
lace) to 60 TO Charleston and the
Senator from Delaware (Bayard)
could not go. us he was In Texas.
Hoar hoped that the request
would lie over for the present and
in explanation thereof said there
had been come talk about himself
and Mcmillan, who were members
of the committee, going to Charles
ton, but they had concluded not to
go, as, if the Democratic membe RS
should all be there, they would be
in majority.
Wallace said nothing Of the kind
was contemplated.
Hoar replied that he was satisfied
of that fact. 1t was finally agreed
that the matter should be arranged
between the several members Of
the Committee and the request o
Wallace, TO excuse himself and
Bayard, was granted. The Vice.
President appointed Mcdonald and
Randolph to f1!l the vacancies.
| Plumb, of Kansas, offered reso
iution providing for the payment
of 50 per centum of the amounts
required by law to be withheld
from certain railway companies for
transportation service rendered for
the Government. Referred. The
bill is in accordance with the re.
commentator of the Secretary ol
War.
| Adjourned until Monday.
HoUsE-On motion of Ounter,
Chairman of the Committee on
Private Land Claims. the Senate
bill was passed, defining the man
ner in which certain land scrip
may be assigned and located by
actual settlers.
The House went into Committee
of the Whole on the private calen-
dar. After laying aside several
bills to report to the House the bill
was reached for the payment of
S2O0,000 to the Trustees of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Seminary and
High School, In Virginia, for the
rent of buildings during tbe war.
A lengthy discussion ensued, the
opponents of the bill asserting that
it was war claim and the friends
of the measure stating that it was
a just bill for the rent of the prop
erty and the government was as
much bound to pay rent for this
building as for any other building
occupied by it. Without reaching
a vote the committee rose and the
House adjourned till tomorrow.
Fatal Fuse Factory Explosion
| HARTFORD, Conn.,, Jan. 17th.-
The blasting fuse factory of Bick-
ford & Co., Salisbury, was blown up
yesterday and Lizzie Wall, aged
20, Ann Wall II, Nellie McNulty II,
were killed. Mrs. Alexander Kerr
and Peter Dolan were slightly in.
jured. The accident was caused by
the friction of the machinery.
Destructive Fire Razing.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17th.-A fire
broke out at 8 o'clock this evening
in tho wholesale cloth house OF
Won Valkenburg & Levett, 81
Worth street, and rapidly envel-
oped the entire building. The two
adjoining buildings, No. GA. occu