The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-06-17
NO26

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ulating the pay aud appointment of
deputy msrshals sent back by the
House this morning.
Hosr objected to the present consid-
Grafton and the bill went over until
Monday.
The Senate bill for the relief of the
Morgan Line and Texas Railroad and
Steamship Company was passed.
The report of the Conference Com.
mittee on the Legislative, etc. sppro-
pristion bill, by which the House agreed !
to the Senate amendment regarding
the salaries of the Senate employees.
Adopted.
The report Of the Conference Com
mittee on the Ute agreement bill, by
which the Senate agrees to certain
House amendments and dissgrees in
Others. Adopted.
The House bill making an appropri-
alton for the payment OF clsims wss
reported and allowed by the commls- !
sioners of claims.
The Southern claims commission
under the act Of 1871 and acts amend
story thereof passed appropriations
to amount TO about $240, 900, the
pending order being the Mexican PEN
sIons bill, was informally laid aside |
and the general deficiency bill taken
up.
Eaton stated that the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations had made g |
reduction In the House bill amounting
to $3.50, 557, and had amended it |
by amendments to $4S3 312, leaving .
total Of the bill as reported by the SEN
ate of 81, 594, 1853.
The Senats, as q committee of the |
whole, proceeded to consider the bill. |
Several amendments were made and |
the bill reported TO the Senate and the
amendments concurred in and the bill |
passed.
The consideration of the bill grant,
ing penslons to certain soldiers and
sailors of the Mexican and other wars
was resumed as in committee of the
whole.
Ingalls, moved that it include ell
men who served thirty days in the war
or rebellion.
An extended debate ensued, par
ticipated in by Voorhes, Brown, Lane,
Msxey, Conkling aud Others.
The Senate, in executive session,
confirmed the following nominations:
Virgil d. Stockbrldge, assistant COM
mission of patents; Robert G. Dyren-
furth, examiner In chief in patent
Office; John M. Cross, register of Land
i Office, Huntsville.
HoUsE-Atkins submitted the con-
ference committe report on the lcgisls-
tive executive and Judicial appropria-
ton bill, together with q statement
that the House conferes had yielded to
the Senate conferes on the subject OF
salaries of the Senate employees. The
report was agreed to.
Sales of North Carolina submitted a
conference report on the Ute agree
ment bill. He stated that the bill as
agreed to provided that If there should
be sufficient available land in Colorado,
the Indians should be seated in that
state, but If not, then they should be
seated IN Utah and New Mexico. The
report was agreed to.
The House then resumed the consid-
Grafton of the Senate resolution pro-
posing joint rule for the counting
OF the electoral vote, and was address
ed by Won Voorhees, of New York in
| OPPOeitAOA w thC InCoSuAOs
Collision and Loss OF Life.
New York, June 12 The steamer
Nsrragsnsett, which left New York
last evening for Stonington, and the
Stonington, which left Stonington for
New York, collided off the Connecti-
cut river about fifteen miles. The
former took fire and sunk.
SToNINeToN, Conn.,, June 12.-The
steamer Stonington arrived at 9 80 this
morning with about fifty survivors OF
the Narrsgansett. The former struck
the Narregspsett three feet aft, the
stern setting down nearly to the water
line. She struck the Narragansett at
II 80 o'clock on the starboaru side,
forward of her wheel house. The
shock burst the gas tank, and in fif-
teen minutes the Narragsnsett was on
fire. Sine sank in four fsthoma of
water. The steamers City of New
York and Providence came to her as-
sIstance, and all the boats and life RATS
of four steamers were lowered and put
!. in service. Two hours elapsed before
the last passenger was picked up, most
of whom were transferred to the City
of New York.
The passengers say the officers and
crew of the Narragansett behaved with
great GOODNESS and nerve. On arrival
at Stonington the village was aroused.
Men and women fastened with cloth
ing and assistance. Twenty-Five wo-
men were on board in their night
clothes, one of whom died before
reaching here from the shock. She
has not yet been identified. One man
also died, z. B. lockwood, of the
Sixty eighth Street Methodist Church,
New York. He was on his first trip
East. No estimate can be made of the
loss of lives. 1t is believed to be less
than was first supposed. Another ac-
count says the surviving passengers
of the ill.fated Narragansett will agree
that out of q passenger list Of more
than 800 Q large number must have
BEEN lost, as the water around the
burning steamer was alive with strug-
CLING people, clinging to rafts and
every conceivable thing Il is feared
the most Of the passengers that were
in berth below the main deck did not
have time to save themselves.
The second officer, p. McDonough,
of the steamer City Of New York, says
in his estimation not over fifty lives
were lost by the collision Of the Ston-
ington and Nsrrsgsnsett.
NEW YORK, June 12.-It is reported
this morning that the steamer Ston-
ing ton and Narragansett collided this
morning off Cornfeld Light, Long
Island Sound, and the Narragansett
was sunk. An application at the Office
of President Babcocl, of the Stoning-
ton, here, confirmed the report, but no
information could be obtained. Al
private dispatch says that Q number OF
lives were lost.
Later Particulars About the COLTS
sion.
NEW YoRK, June 13.-Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick 6tilsou, Of Atlanta, were on |
their way eas. with their little children.
They took passage on the ili-fated Mar
ragsnsett. When the disaster occurred |
the children, who were licked up In |
q ststeroom, were for the moment for l
gotten, and 1t is supposed both babies
we're burned before any assistance
could be obtained. and the poor moth.
er, when she realized her loss, was In /
. paroxysm Of grief. An old lady,
Margaret Muir, Of Brooklyn, about
sixty years Of age, vas picked up while
floating in the water holding high
above her head her infant graDdchiId
fifteen months old. A boy named l