Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-19
EASTERN NEWS.
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EASTERN NEWS.
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Congressional
SENATE.
u.rrorox. Jan. ia joint resolu-
WAs a. nassed requesting the Pfesl-
hon .as aesorrcspond with Venezuela with
dsp. ~ ~ the appointment OF new
sue.s;on VIZ. 10 SIT here to consider
sridsnce, ard directs that the
iofms. rnw on hand received from
ms.usIa be distributed pro rata In
payment Of the same.
~. conference Committee on the
I,,tnral LIE Appropriation bill has
A&S ~ the PostOffice bill. Consider
d.hate ensued on the question OF
sps ,,sils Davis alleging that It was In
sss.tareet of two trunk lines and New
He ";tv: and Plumb denying this the
ILL., III snsued. Maxey thought that the
s ssCnIs vest of the Mississippi river were
= much entitled TO special mail facil-
H., fnrther debate. a vote was taken
=, tino out the House provisions OF the
b,i relating to the pay OF Pacinc rnl-
rsrs for mail service, the bill then
,.snt over under the rules, and the Iele-
,,anh bill vas then resumed.
Tns Commerce Committee today TOOK
- tha House bill TO promote the re-
s,rsl of American shipping, and re-
ss,,.d il TO a sub-commlttee.
The postoffioe appropriation bill came
m Tne pending question is ON fas'
mails.
IInmb said il wvs intended to difiuse
c.nsrallv the fast mail service, but
Wsssern roads had not cO-operated with
ths Postofiice Department. .,o-
The amendment apprOprlating *iSo,-
mn for fast mails was agreed O-3Z 70
20. -,
The tariff bill was considered.
The Senate adjourned out of respect
for the late Representative Shackiefor q
HOUSE.
Kasson offered Q resolution that dur
inQ the remainder of the session the
Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, Territory
snd Public Land Committees will be
entitled TO one day each for the eonsid-
eratiou of one or more bills reported
1avorably by them. Referred.
Anderson reported from the Post
o6ioe Committee a resolution calling OIL
tue Secretary of War for information Ar
70 what telegraph lines have been buili
under his direction by the army. what
disposition have been made Of the same.
and upon what terms. Adopted.
n-L. 60 tvf snts, n a.
Of the Whole on the naval appropriation
bill.
Butteworth made an effort to get con
sideratiOn Of the bonded extension
whisky bill, but kobesOn's motion pre-
vailed, and with Page in the chair the
House went into COMMITTEE of the
Whole on the naval bill.
Reason explained the bill, and the
House adjourned out of respect for Re
preventative Shellabarger.
The Public Lands Committee today
agreed to recommend TO the House q
bill providing for the creating of three
additional districts in Dakota.
The Mississippi River Committee con
tinued hearing Cowden. he said thu
plan Of the Mississippi River Commits
sion was failure, aud never had low
cred the channel, or protected the bank,
Of the river at or below Memphis.
The Elections Committee heard an
argument in Cooks contested case from
Iowa.
The Dissatisfied sugar King.
New YoRx, Jan. 49, The World
Washington special says: "Clau
Spreckles, the San Francisco sugar ~
liner, against whom a movement for tn,
abroRati0n of the Hawaiian treaty is Iii
rected, reached hero tonight. The re
c0mmendatiOn of the Ssato Departmen
With reference to the Hawaiian treaty
not any more satisfactory to him tha
Il to Eastern refiners. because he mad
large investments not only in plants
tons but in improved machinery, an
Il the resolution reported by kasso
from the Committee ON Foreign Affair
should be adopted, his enterprise will b
seriously hampered. He may be @,
pected therefore to join in opposition I
ths committees report.
sssckiag A Pleasant Ranch.
The next Bremen steamer to arriv,
due here on Saturday, will bring som
three hundred English pheasants, OF
dered aboard. Pierre Lorrillard la
engaged one hundred Of them to stoc
the preserves Of his estate. The COR
agnse >ays he &C culd 20, plenty of South
ern Quails, or the beautiful plume
California quails. but he has alread
risd both and found that they do nc
DO % we'll in Europe rs our Ordinar
qusils.
4 Blast at Alaska.
The Herdld's editorial says that mir
tnR rum0rs from Alaska are almost a
foseate as the story absut early straw
berries and radi. hes that we're use
here during the days just preceding th
purchase Of North Americas extrem
corner lot. II there really is gol
enough in Alaska to attract to the Ter
nsory that portion of our great populs
Won that is always waiting for som,
thing TO turn up, whatever II furthee
away appearing most attractive, the
oaee1ed be Alaska, but before th
smaller and somewhat more valuabl
olaae which has BEEN bitten by miuin
epeoulati0ns % often that it enjoys th
one riaks its money in mining Compai
~ that are sure to bo started. il may /
nmembered how short is Alaska's 80,
eon for work. how costly must be Ii
vanspoftation of all machinery, an
aow far from the possibility OF bein
ss.sched. Orc yielding i've hundre
ooalan per ton IN Alaska :may be la
PRINTABLE than ten dollar ore neai<
home.
Naval Chanxes.
=, WASHINGTON, Jan. lion account {
ul-nealth Commodore Jeffers will NJ
g able 70 relieve Rear Admiral Clite
= command Of the Asiatic squadrol
neaf Admiral Breson will probably /
ofoseed 10 the station.
4 Terrible A9air.
u. Louls, Jan. I7.-Mlchael vandel
DofR and Matthew Woodcock quarrele
neAf the town of Brooklyn. a short di
ancs from here, today. Their friend
suvlsed them to settle their dispate wit
.scosRuna This advice was accspte'
sne men taking position twenty pac'
pafs. Both tirsd simultaneousl,
sandsfburR had his eyes put out |
ssoos. and was SO badly wounded in th
80 that he will die. Woodcock r
aved she load from Vanderburg's gu
= sne breast and neck. A large crow
nsAsd the terrible affair, and SCENE
Sen,oy q. DR.. Grayson, who is a
.0oing the wounded men, took no lc'
aa twenty -four shot out Of Woo,
soek's body.
Kept In DoerA
lcmkoND, Jan. ia sleet stor
~ the vice-regal party indoors {