The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12
WASHINGTON.
A Budget Of News from the Nations
Capitol.
Devastating Floods in Ohio and New
JERSEY.
RumOrs that Sullivan was Shot are
Denied.
Washington Affairs.

Nv
E. mittee on Indian affairs agreed t
report favoraDly the claim of Louis
Boldly for $6,12O, settlement 70
I property destroyed by the Modoc
? in 1872.
Senator Plumb believes the discus
sion on the Mississippi improve
!. ments will finally result in building
levees, and if the levees are bull
} they can be only maintained in on
way, namely: by traversing then
by railroads. 1t is capable of de
monstration that a railroad can b.
+. built along the bank of the river
, and he believed that this method
would prove the only practicable
one of keeping the levees in repair
The railroad would, at the same
time, greatly increase transpOrta-
ton facilities in Mississippi valley
!, Washington, 1.-THE Secretary of TIT
Treasury will call 100000 threes to-
morrow.
At the meeting OF the House commit
tee on postoffices and postroads, Money
was authorize to report to the House
for favorable action the bill making
public roads and highways post routes
and giving the Postmaster-general power
to establish postal service whenever ia
his judgment the public welfare re-
quired it.
The bills Of Anderson and Summer. re-
lstivs 10 the postal telegraph, were re-
ferred to q subcommittee.
tee, reported that no action towards fors
/ LA h. fa1- fan
days or more.
The sub. committee Of the House com.
mittee on public lands to whom was re-
ferred the question of the order in which
land grant forfeiture bills shall
be considered, reported that con-
sideration would be begun Immediately
in the following order: Texas Pacific;
Oregon Central: Ontauagon & State line;
California & Oregon; Oregon q Cali
fornia: Northern Pacific, Atlantic &
New Orleans & Baton Rouge; Vicksburg,
cola s. Georgia; Florida, Atlantic &
Gulf; Central, Mobile & Girard; Selma
s. Rome s. Dayton; Vicksburg, Sbreve-
port s. Texas; Sioux City s. St. Paul;
Chicago, st. Paul s. Minnesota; Chicago
st. Paul and Omabs; Wisconsin Central.
The report was adopted by the full COM
mittee, and the clerk was directed to give
a copy to tue press signed by Chairman
Cobb. The Texas Pacific grant will be
considered first. 1t was originally made
to the Texas Pacific Railroad, and is now
clsimed by the Southern Pacific. The
land amounts to 147 600 600 acres, es,i-
mated to the worth Of $4,000, 900
At netting of tie House commit ee
on railway and canals. Murphy re-
qpested mem bers to give history of the
Hennepin canal.
Wemple thinks OF introducing bill
for On appropriation for the permane Mt
i'm prove % ent of the Erie canal.
Representative Weller gave notice that
he would offsr bill appropriating $l0,-
0,000 by government for suppressing
contagious discs SEES of cattle, to be dis
dributed among the States and Terri
tories in ratio to representation in Con-
gress, provided eneh State appropriated
O sum equal to the amount given By
government.
The House committee on commerce
decided to hear arguments on January
Oath, 25th and Goth by any persons de.
string to be heard agsiDst pending bills
for the regulation Of inter State COM
merce, and argun ents in favor Of the
bills on January 28th, Goth and 30th,
after which there will be no public hear
ing without the unanimous consent of
the committee
Davis, Olardy and Long were ap-
pointed members Of the subcommittee |
to consider foreign restrictions on the i'm
portation Of American pork.
At the meeting Of the House com init. |
lee on judiciary, to-day, May and Bull |
let, of New York, made arguments |
against the transfer of the consideration |
Of the question of the Northern Pacific |
land grant for the future from the com
mittee on judiciary to the committee on |
public lands. The gentlemen sgreed |
that the question was legal one, and |
not one of public policy or equity. The |
sub committee consisting OF Culberson,
Broadhead and Taylor was expected to |
report upon the transfer question to-day |
The report, however, will be submitted
on Tuesday. As now prepared it recon-
mends that the committee on pnblic |
lands be given the question of forfeiture.
Public land patented by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe road in excess OF I
the legal allowance was 70. $50 acrea in
stead of 60. $50 as previously stated.
Upon reports OF special agents show
ing fraud in the entries, the commits
sioner Of the general land Office held for
csncellstion the past week three entries
in California, SO in Colorado, 9 in Da-
kots, 80 in New Mexico, and l in |
Minnesota.
a committee repr senting the Senate
csucus held brief consul 81
ton on the question Of electing Senator
Anthony to the presidency pro tenn. OF
the Senste. The Senator said be was
compelled to decline the proposed hong, |,
believing it iHexpedient in the present
state cf health to undertake the duties of
the office. !
The President has Recognised Leopold
Loeb IS consular agent of France at
Los Angeles, Cal.
The Sec: etary of the Treasury has de-
cided that silk wraps must pay duty OF |
thirty per cent. sdvalorem .nder the pro.
vision Of the new tariff relating to spun |
silk and not duty as manufactured silk |
Of fifty per cent advslorem.