The Phoenix herald., 1881-01-21

v loon and asked to come in and play ' the guitar, which he did While ht = was thus engaged, three men, Franl - Phillips, Dutch Fred and Andy I Mack came in and began drinking
 and Phillips, large man, began tc
 beat Dutch Fred, who is a small
 man. Burns got up and separated
 them, when he got into scuIiie with
 Phillips, kicking him down. Phil
 lips said he would go and get fixed
 In few minutes he reappeared with
 pistol in hand and shooting began . instantly and Phillips fell, shot through the right brest. Burns fired
 three shots in rapid succession, the
 last two shots striking a Mexican 5y
 the name of Pedro Vidal, who WIS
 running past Phillips out of thc
 door, Burns ran out of the saloon,
 around the block 10 his own saloon.
 Burns fo lowed and emptied his re- volver at hIm without effect. Phy-- sicians pronounce both cases a nor tai, the Mexican likely to die this afternoon. The American may lin ger day or two.
 WASHINGTON, D. c. January 1S.- On motion of Burnside, by unani- nous consent, orders being suspend ed, took up Senate bill for relief of General Ord. Bill passed without debate
 The calendar occupied inc rest of the morning hour after which Saul isbury moved to lay aside the regu- lar order, Pen Holiday bill, and take up the Kellogg case. Rejected by vote of 3l to 20.
 Wallace, from Committee on Alp propriations, reported with amend ments Indian Appropriation bill-
 Pendleton reported bill to com pIete and com pile census returns.
 Garland presented a report on Congressi ,nal visitors to West Point with bill relauve to the military academy.
 Williams introduced bill to cs- tablish and appropriate for ocean mail service.
 Bill passed directing thc Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the Freedman's Bank property on Penn sylvania avenue.
 HOUSE.
 WAsHINGToS. D. C., January 1S.- Resolution by Newberry for Joint | Commission with Great Britain to 1 investigate alleged false and fraud ulent proof and statistics used be- ! fore the Halifax Fishery Commis- sion, Joint Commission to consist of | one man appointed by the United | States, one by Great Britain, and one by the two Governments conjointly, i and to report their conclusion to both | Governments. Also directs the Pres ident to do his utmost to carry out the provisions of the resolution, and | provides for Joint Commission in House aud Senate on same subject
 Resolution by Ford that every in. terest demands the immediate con struction of telegraph lines by the Government. and requesting the Post Office Committee to report a bill for the construction of such lines to protect the people from monopoly The Speaker ruled it not in Gdcr under call of States.
 A Committee was appointed on General Order of Business.
 After cali of States Ford offered his telegraphic resolution, which was referred.
 Springer offered a resolution di- recting the Office Committee to en- quire into the expediency of a postal telegraphic system in the United States, and as to the cost of repro ducing facilities equal to those of existing telegraph companies, and as to the expediency of operating the same, and authorizing the Com miltee to report at any tune.
 House Committee on inter-oceanic ship canal gave hearing today to late Secretary of the Navy, as American representative of the Panama Canal Co. He com batted the idea of that project being in any way susceptible of applica- ton of the Monroe doctrines as ar gued on all propositions for Isthmus transit, and should be left to control of engineering and financial consid- | eration. At the conclusion of his his attention was called to he joint resolution reported by the on the Sth of March last. o1 Having read it he said the declara- a ion therein contained was very con- z slusiTe. which he had desired reach ng and which he had reached in his Singleton of the Com nittee remarked that Thompson was lot proposing any action. and the n Committee had taken action in the n subject, stating that the GoverRnent h would not interfere in any way at present, but if necessity should ever rise, the Government should reserve he right to intervene. Thompson :. eplied that he was willing to stop ' here in his argument, as he saw hat the views of the Committee cor with his own on general q, lestions. T
 NEW MILITARY POSTS. q CHICAGO. January 1Sth.-General e,