Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-09
WASHINGTON.
The 8oase Co0mtsiee Adopts See.
ley's Report On the Norshera Pacific

/ "Js HSpSbt On toe Nortn<ra PActuc
Forfeiture.
WASHINGTON. Aoril s.-rhs House
Commit.ee on Public Land. tJday
adopted the report prepared by Henley
on the bill 70 forfeit the land grant of
the Northern Pacific Railway. Oates,
| Van Eaton and Strait voted agains; tie
report. aud B.lford was not present
Delegate Brents will offer a substitute
for the bill agreed upon by the majority
of the committee when it is brought M
FOR consideration in the House. His
| substitute declares q forfeit Of those
lands granite TO she Northern Pacific
Railway Company lying contiguous with
and adj scent TO that part Of the lines
| Of the proposed railway between Wal
lula. W. r., and Portlsnd. Or. for a
treach OF the conditions OF which they
we're granted. All the rest of the lands
granted to the company are confirmed
TO 1t on the express condition that II
shall fully conform to and comply With
all the requirements of this act. The
company shall hencefor,h construct no.
less than one hundred miles Of It's rail
way each Year. and complete and eq,ip
the whole by July {, lss.j, except that
section between Wailula and Portland.
All lands conf rmed to the c, mpanv
1 L
alton by the State. Territory. c univ or
municipality; and all agricultural lands
50 confirmed. which were ut sold be.
fore January |. 1884, shall be sold BY
the company only TO citizens Of the
| tnited States IN Quantities not exceed |
ing itD acres To any one person and At
/ prices not exceeding $40 per acre.
! 4 substitute for the bill concerning
discriminating IN freight ch.rges or |
pooling arrangements by the company,
provides that the mailman p ,ssenger
fares shall be prescribei by the Com |
missioner Of Railways.
ReeegaizeA.
The Pre- siden. has recognized Theo- |
dore Hellman as Consal Of Turkey Al
New Orleans.
The Judiciary Com mite and the We
maa sa6sase Question.
The House Committee on Judiciary |
today adopted Representative May
| bury's adverse report on the joint reso- |
luton proposing constitutional |
| amendment TO give women the right of |
| suffrage. Dorsheimer agreed to the re- |
| port on the ground that it IL inexpedi- |
ent to extend the ri9at of suffrage nox,
| but was Of opinion that 1t will be ad- |
visable AZ SINE future dav to give wo- |
NEIL the right To vote. Representatives |
Reed, Brown of Indiana and T. b. Iay- |
| lor Of Ohio will submit minority |
report.
A Letter 1eWm walsh.
Chairman Springer received long |
letter from John A. Walsh, In which he |
says he has seen in the public prints In |
the testimony of George Bliss before |
the Springer committee, that bel Walsh |
has al ways been difficult to find. Walsh !
says ne became difficult 90 find when he |
became convinced that Bliss, as y pros
ecutor. had substituted for the trench |
ant sword Of justice a blade made IF
foi!ed leather. He adds that his letters |
to X. +. Merrick will disclose when and |
why it became difficult to fnd hun, and |
he prays for the COMMITTEES to call for !
these letters.
Fast Mail west Or ogden.
| The Postmaster General has received |
a despatch stating that from and after |
the 9Th inst the Central Pacific Rail. |
road vii! run Il fast mail train from |
Ogden west. covering the distance be |
tween Olden and San Francisco in 81 |
hours. This will complete the fat III al |
service between New York and San |
Francisco and save n hours between |
| NOmlmsaiOms.
The following nominations were to.
day sent to the Senate: Thomas w.
Fox as Consul of the United States at
Plymou h. England: VIM. Rockhill, OF |
| Maryland. ~ Second Secretary of the
legation of the United States in China;
John j. Barns 40 p ,stnaster At Spr.gus,
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Funernl Of the Late Miaist~r Hunt
| The funeral of Hon. VIM. II. Hunt,
formerly Secretary of the Navy, AID
late minister to Russia, took place this
afternoon from st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church. There WAS = large |
attendance of prominent people inclui
| ing the President and cabinet. the
services were conducted by Rev. DR..
Leonard The pail bearers were. Mr. |
Justice Bradley, 1t. Gen. Sheridan, Ad-
miraI Porter, Hon. j. q. Blaine. Rear |
Admiral Rogers, Senator Gibson. Judge |
J. &. Bancroft Davis, Judge Peabody, |
Judge McCammou. and Hon. /. l.. |
Jones. The remains were escorted tn |
Oak Hill Cemetery by a detachment of /
marines and the I'd artillery, and barred |
with military honors.
Ceaesai ssanleyss Department.
| General Stanley will be assigned to |
| the command of the department of
| Texas.
The Valley Of the Congo.
A resolution Vas introduced and
Morgan made speech upon 1t III the |
executive sesaion of the Senate this
afternoon. authorizing the Pres, lent u
recognize the African International As. |
ISOLATION As the controlling power in the
valley of the Congo. Copies of the
treaty lately made between Portugal
and Great Britain, viii N in effect has
| for its purpose the practical exclusion
Of all other countries in the affairs OF
that regiou. were before the Senate,
and formed one Of the subjects OF Nor
CANS remarks. No objection to the
proposed recognition was expressed, but
several Senators wished an opportunity
to look into the matter more at leisure,
and final action vas postponed to a sub
seuuent executive session.
The Jeanneite lnvesstx alton.
Seaman Nindermau continue d his
| testimony before the Jeanne,te con-
mittee TO- dsy. He said that II the sur
vivors of the Jeanette had been under
proper guidance and control. they
would not have had to make journey
of more than 800 miles IN a southerly
direction from where toe JeAnrette
went down to reach aid and snccrr.
He thought it Was twice that distance
from where the ship VAS lost TO the
place where the bodies Of DeLong and
his party were found. There was de.
Law OF eight days at Benefits Island
during the retreat. Witness had head
protests against this delay. In his
Judgment had il not been for this delay
they might have reached shore before
the coming on of the gale in which
Chipus' boat Was lost. The retreatinR
party had hatchets bat no axes- There
was a good deal Of driet wood along the
Lena near where Belongs boats crew
landed, bat they had no Ak to cut 1t
with. They had rifle but no shot
guns. They saw many penRuan and
might have killed some If they had had
shot guns. The sextapt and compass
we're left where the party landed. No
commissioned officer Of the Jeanette
| Aack u, hia know tAly6. In