The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-21

structed OF material found in the state
where the buildings are TO be erected.
Mehinley, nom the committee on WAYS
anu means, moved TO suspend the rules
and pass the joint resolution authorizing
the refunding to the American reyisers
OF the New Testament, the duties
PAID ON the importation of the copy of the
new revised Testament, for the use OF said
company. Speer, osGeorpia q 'ocated the
passage OF the j'int resolution. Thc motion
was agreed to, and the bill passed
hammond, of Gee sia, fom the commit.
zee on the judiciary, moved to suspend the
rules ana pass the bill to establish district
united states courts and officers thereofn
the northern and southern judicial districts
OF Georgia. Agreed to.
townsend, OF Ohio, from the committee
on commerce, moved to suspend the rules
ana pass the bill TO promote the efficiency
OF the HE saving service, and to encourage
the saving of life by shipwrecK. Agreed to,
and the bill passed
The house also passed, under a suspen.
SION OF the rules and auid applause, the
0lli IN relation to the Japanese indemnity
iund. 1t authorizes the payment of the
fund known, as the Japanese indemnity
iund, amounting to Sl,770,3l4, to the
Japanese government, with the ex-
ceptlon of the sum of $25i, 600, which
shall be paid to the officers and crew Of the
United States ship Wyoming.
resolution was adopted making the bill
to limit lNmigration OF Chinese, the special
order for the second Tuesday in March and
until disposed, subject only to appropria.
ton bills.
The house at 4:3O p. m. took n recess mn
III 1880, the night session TO be for the con
sideration OF the District of Columbia cod,
bill
| Representative Dunn, of Arkansas. intro
duced resolution in the house to-day au
thorlzlng the secretary of war to grant i'm
mediate relief, by issuing rations, to desti
tule citizens in Arkansas and the contigu
ous territory of Louisiana embraced in tn
Red River valley. The resolution was re
terred to the appropriation committee will
instructions to make an early report to tn
house,
Dunn says relative to the urgency of thi
matter that the state of Arkansas is accred
tied with 50 per cent OF AN average and tina
planters and farmers Of this particular SO,
ton, owing TO drouth made hardly NOR
than 20 per cent. OF a crop, and that sever,
hundred thousands of persons are alread
in n destitute condition. That th
recent. overflow OF the river ha
lopueu t,Vuu,VV acres oil land and drive
back upon the section already impoverishe
thousands more of starving refugees. II
estimates that at least 800 600 persons wi
require immediate assistance to preveu
great destitution and actual starvation.
The house committee on the improy,
ment ofthe Mississippi river, to-day al
pointed subcommittee, consisting
Thomas, of Illinois, Gunther, of Arkansa
King, of Louisiana. Moore, of Tennessee,
and Carpenter, of Iowa, to draft q bill en-
bodying the recommendations ofthe Missi
sipp river commission as submitted to COZ
gress by the secretary of war. The commi
tee also extended an invitation to Captai
Eads and Representatives Davis, Gibso
and Robertson, of Louisiana, to addre
them Friday night