Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-08
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Pages Mining Debris ResoIution.

EdsS y hiHfHS Bturis hesolutiOn.
Especial to the RECORD UNIoN.l
WASHINGTON, January 7th.-Following is
the full text of the joint resolution, recently
foreshadowed in these dispatches as being in
course of preparation by Congressman Page,
and which was introduced by him. in the
House of Representatives to-day, for the APP
pointment of commission to envestigate the
debris question in the State of California
WHEREAS, There is large amount OF valuable
mineral lands in the State OF California belonging to
the United States which have been declared by law
to be open to exploration, development and pur-
chase by the citizens thereof, and much of saiu
lands will be rendered valueless if hydraulic mining
from any cause is prohibited interrupted on said
lands; Whereas the gold productions of the State
Of California from developed mines are large Zap
proXimating annually So 600 000) and nearly equal
the cereal productions of said State aid are i'm
portant not only to the State of California but the
country generally; and whereas, the practical
workings of the mines IN numerous cases have re-
suited in depositing the debris thereof upon the
valuable agricultural lands along many of the min
ing streams of said State, rendering said lands
worthless for agricultural purposes and vexatious
and expensive litigation has ensued between the
mne-owners and landowners whose property has
been injuriously affected by the mining operations
near them; now therefore, in the interest of the
people of the State OF California and for the protec
tion OF its navigable rivers and the mining indus
tries thereof
Resolved by the House of Representatives of the
United States, the Senate concurring, in Congress
assembled, That Commission is hereby created TO
be known as the Commission on Mines and Mining
to be composed OF five members, three to be desp-
mated by the Secretary of War from officers of the
Corps of Engineers United States Army one of
whom at least shall have served and resided within
the State of California and two to be designated nv
the Secretary of the Treasury from the officers Of
the Coast Survey, and that said Commission as
early practicable shall institute such scientific
and practical animation into the system and
operations OF hydr uic aua other kinds of mining
in their relations to the navgabe waters of Caifor
mia and the agricultural lands adjacent to the
streams receiving the deposits of said mines as
may be considered necessary by said Commission
for the discovery OF practicable and feasible
method for the protection of the navigation Of the
rivers aforesaid and the lands otherwise iniuriousv
affected by the mining operations of the State and
that said Commission shall report the result of their
examination together with such plans of relief
specifications and estimates in connection Herewith
practicable, to the Secretary of War who
shall transmit the same to Congress without DELAY
for such legislation as may be necessary in the
premises, and that the sum of - thousand dol
lars, or so much thereof as NAV be necessary il
hereby appropriated for meeting the expenses that
may be incurred in carrying into effect the objects
prov ided for herein.
The East-Bound Utcs - Narrow Escape
from Serious TroubIe-FeeIins of the
People.
PEUBLo Col, January 7th.-The twelve
Ute Indians, in charge of Lieutenant Tav-
lor, of the Ninth Cavalry, with ten men,
arrived here to-day and went east immediate
" on the AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa f..
road. They had ordered dinner at the Union
Depot Hotel, but seeing so large crowd of
pale faces destroyed their appetite, and they
went aboard the train at once and left with
out eating Between 1000 and 5000 people
were at the depot to see the saVages. Chang
the red devils ~ ''Shootthe numbering iends ~
and like expressions were frequently heard
from portion of the crowd, and they were
pelted with stone coal by some boys who had
| taken position on coal train on side
| track. The Indians were terror stricken and
completely cowed. A move was on foot in
! the morning to organize 800 men and lynch
the savages, but cooler counsel prevailed, and
the citizens determined to let the Indians
pass without injury. Had there been any
injudicious action taken by the troops or In
dians, no power could have restrained the
mob from lynching them. Had Douglass or
any of the Indians engaged in numbering and
outraging the Meeker family been aboard
nothing could have saved them. A CH,eftain
reporter interviewed Lieutenant Taylor, who
expressed himself determined to protect the
Indians at all hazards should the mob at
tempt TO seize them. The troops will escort
the Indians to Lakin, on the east line of Col
orado. If the people of other parts of the
State feel as hostile as at Pueblo the Utes
must so in the spring. The people here
unanimously indorse Belfords Indian policy.
OrviIIe Grant Explains.
CHICAGO. January 9TH. - Orville Grant
to-day said to an interviewer that the story
about his having induced Californian to
send him horse, and when it arrived refused
to purchase it, was false. He said: "That
is all nonsense. l left that mare in Califor.
mia with General Burns a year and half
ago, because he said he wanted her, and |
wrote to him requesting that he should send
her back, which he did to the care of the De-
partment Quartermaster, and she was then
sent to the Government stables but [ took
her away from there for fear there would be
some talk about it. The colored man who
brought her here was robbed in CHEYENNE.
and that was the whole basis for the assertion
that he was starving because of my failure
to keep faith" He further said that he be-
lieved his brother would have to accept the
Presidential nomination Next to his brother.
Blaine stood the best chance.
Heavy Business Failure.
DETROIT, January 7th.-The store of Jas
Stewart 4 Co., extensive wholesale dealers in
lumbermen's supplies, salt and shingles at
East Saginaw, doing business of $500, 600
annually was closed by the Sheriff to-day
under an attachment at the instance of De-
.roit creditors. Mr.. Stewart is absent in
Chicago. The total amount involved is NOT
known, but is roughly estimated at $500, 900.
The assets consist of several million shingles.
stock in store, few thousand barrels of salt,
and outstanding accounts, the value of which
it is impossible to estimate at present. The
cause of the failure is attributed to unluekY
speculations in Chicago options and losses on
salt contracts.
Ladies' Anti-PoIysamy Society Memorial.
NEW YORK, January 7th.-A Herald
Washington special says: The Ladies' Anti
Polygamy Society of Utah, an organized as
ISOLATION of ladies, designed to aid III the
suppression of polygamy, have sent here for
presentation to the House of Representatives
a memorial asking the expulsion of Cannon,
the Delegate from Utah. 1t gives the num-
Der of his wives as four, their names and the
number of children each has, the aggre-
gate being about twenty. A Mrs. Cook,
formerly a Mormon, leads as President of the
Society. and Mrs. 'Chislett, a former member