Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-13
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A Railroad for the New Gold Region.
WASHINGTON, March IA bill was re-
ported by the House Committee on Pa
cifc Railroads, to incorporate the Spokane
Falls Ceur d'Alene Railroad Company,
to construct a railroad to the gold region
in Idaho Territory. The designers are J.
J. Browne, A. M. Cannon, A. L. Davis,
o. F. Weed, H. L. Cummings, W. H.
Armstrong, and such other persons as
may be associated with them as i~ncorpor-
ators of the company. The road will ex-
tend from Spokane Falls, W. T., by the
way of Fort Ceur d'Alene, to intersect
with the Northern Pacific, or Utah North.
ern Railroad in Western Montana, and
will have branch lines ON the main line OF
the Utah Northern Railroad in Western
Montana, and will have branch lines on
the main line Of Idaho Territory up each
of the following rivers: Ceur d'Alene,
St. Mary's and st. Joseph, to near the
sources of the A railroad
and telegraph line will also be
constructed from Spokane Falls to
Moscow in Idaho. The company is
authorized to construct and operate on
Lake Ceur d'Alene and the rivers a line
of steamboats,, vessels, tugboats, towboats,
barges and other water crafts. The Board
of incorporators are required to meet at
Spokane Falls within 80 days from the
passage of the Act, to open books for sub
scription to stock. The company is given
power to consolidate with any railroad
company or companies, and is granted all
rights and privileges conferred upon rail-
road companies having the right Of way
through the public lands of the United
States.
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-In the Senate,
Jackson submitted a joint resolution pro-
viding for the submission to the States a
Constitutional Amendment making the
Presidential term six years, and making
the President ineligible to reelection.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
On motion OF Miller of New York, the
Senate took up for consideration the
Pleuro-pneumonia bill. Coke spoke
strongly against the bill in its present
shape, as it included all communicable
diseases whatever, which he said would
place all cattle south Of Virginia at the
mercy of the Commissioners of Agricul-
ture. At 2 O'Clock the Pleuro-pneumonia
bill went over.
The Senate Committee took up the bill
for the relief of Fitz-Joha Porter. Sewell
addressed the Senate on the bill.
The Committee of the Whole, by a vote
of III to 45, struck out the clause limiting
the salaries of Postmasters to 81, 900.
The House, at 1925, went into Commit
tee, Buokner in the chair, on the Postofice
Appropriation bill.
A Denial by Senator Jones.
New ORLEANS, March Ex-senator
Jones telegraphs to Major Burke of the
Times-D Democrat: "Messrs. Hoar, Cam
eron and Fry, Republican members of the
Copiah County Committee, authorize me
to deny that either of them furnished the
statements contained in a Washington
dispatch to the Chicago papers of the
I'd instant, which is the subject of an edi-
torial in your paper of the 7th. Neither
OF them attended the ball and neither
knew or ever heard before of the state
ment made by said reporter" The state
ment referred to is as follows: Republic
can members of the Copiah Committee say
that at one of the balls given in New
Orleans at the Mardi Gras, Jefferson
Davis, with his daughter, the daughters of
General Lee, General Longstreet and some
other noted Confederate Generals, sat in
the box, which was draped with Confed-
crate flags and that the floral sword was
decorated with the Confederate colors and
addressed simply ''To the President" and
was presented to this noted ex-C Confederate
party in the box and accepted,
Arrest of Fred Bloom.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 12.-Fred Bloom,
claiming to be from Central City, COL,
was arrested here on a telegram from St.
Louis, charging him with completely in
the SIS, 900 robbery Of the Pacific Express
office there a few days ago. The telegram
says he wrote a letter to the Chief of Po-
lice OF st. Louis saying that he knew of
the robbery and would give all the desired
information il q compromise was offered.
He came here q few days ago and deposited
$40, 600 in q hotel safe. He denies all
knowledge Of the robbery, and says he
never wrote any letter to the authorities.
He appears to be a crank.
Favor a Strict Quarantine.
MANHATTAN, KS, March 12.-At q meet
ing of prominent stock-raisers in this city
last night resolutions were passed favoring
a strict quarantine in the district infected
with the foot and mouth disease of Wood
son county; that the Governor should use
every means in his power to stamp out the
disease; that the citizens of Riley county
favor the prompt action of the Governor
and other State officers in their efforts to
stop the spread of the disease; also, one
Senators and Representatives to
favor such action as will place funds at the
Of the Commissioner of Agri-
to be used in case Of emergencies.
Matters in h Creek Nation.
FoRr SMITH, Ark, March IA report
the Greek Nation says things are
quiet at present. Chief Perryman has
q new Council to investigate mat
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