Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-08
EASTERN NEWS.
Proceedings in Both Houses
Of Congress.
A BILL TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF
FRENCH WINES AND BRAMDIEs.
A Retaliation Upon the Prohibition
of the American Hog.
GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE NON
APPEARANCE OF MRS. MAcKAY.
Especial TO THE SENTINEL


Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Reed offered the
following, which was adopted:
Whereas, 1t has been alleged that cir
culars have been distributed In some Of
the departments, asking contributions
for political purposes q violation of the
Civil Service law;
Resolved, That the heads of depart.
ments in which such distribution, if any
has has taken place, be requested to in
form the House of the facts connected
with the distribution.
Townsend offered resolutions, which
were adopted, requesting the President
to furnish information relative to the
exclusion of the American hog from
Germany and France.
Randall offered a resolution adopting
the twenty-day rules of the Forty-seventh
Congress-. Adopted.
Bills referred: By Rosecrans-To place
George w. Getty on the retired list OF
the army with the rank Of Major-Gen-
eral; also, to equalize bounties.
BY Henley-To amend the Chinese I'm
migration Act.
By Sumner-To fix and establish a
maximum rate of freights and fares on
the Union and Central Pacific Railroads.
1t provides that after sixty days after the
passage of the Act it will be unlawful
for those companies to charge a greater
sum than 10 per cent on present rates, etc.
The House Committee on Military At
fairs authorized Gen. Slocum to report a
bill for the relief of Fitz-John Porter.
By Observation-Disclosures requesting
the President to invite the cooperation of
the Governments of American nations in
securing the establishment of free DINNER
cial intercourse and American customs
in the Union; also, proposing a Constitu-
tional Amendment providing for the cleo
ton Of Senators by the people.
By Thomas-Granting pensions to all
United States soldiers and sailors of the
late war who served thirty days, or par
ticipated in any engagement, and to the
widows of all soldiers deceased.
Senate resolution, presented by Miller OF
California, was agreed to as follows:
Resolved, That the Secretary OF the
Treasury be directed to transmit to the
Senate all. documentary information in his
possession in relation to the execution of
an Act of Congress, entitled: An Act to
execute certain treaty stipulations with the
Chinese. approved May 6, 1882, together
with all the facts that have come to his
knowledge concerning the difficulties en-
countered by the officers Of the Govern
ment in the enforcement of said Act.
A Retaliation Bill.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Congress
man Calkins proposes, at the first chance
he has, to introduce bills to arbitrarily
prohibit the importation of French wines
and brandies. So long as the prohibition
upon the American hog is allowed to stand
in France, he thinks that Congress will be
forced to take measures in order to remedy
the injustice don't one of the chief pro-
ducts of American export. He thinks
Congress unquestionsbly has the power to
regulate imports in spite of the treaty,
especially where the initiative indiscrim-
ination was taken on the other side. In
other words, he declares that Congress has
the right to r~etaliate for the benefit of our
commercial relations with any other coun.
try in the world.
Miss Mackay Hi with Bronchitis.
CHICAGO, Jan. IA Paris special cable
says: Miss Mackay disappointed hel
mothers society friends to-day in Paris
by failing to make her heralded debut as
soprano in the choir of the Passionist
Church, in Avenue Hoche. The church
was crowded in anticipation of the even
by an ultra fashionable gathering, who
had been educated to expect a great per-
Torrance from the American heiress, and
who were bewildered by Miss Mackay's
failure to appear. After mass it was ex-
planned that the young lady was quite i'll
from a severe attack of bronchitis.
An Extensive COnfIag ration.
CINCINNATI, Jan. Proctor & Gam
ble's extensive soap and candle works, the
largest in the city, are on fire. The pros.
eral alarm was sounded. The loss oil
property will aggrega to $500, 900.
Judgment Reversed.
NEW YORK, Jan. IA short time age
Marie Prescott, an actress, got a verdic,
for $12, 500 against the American News
Company for circulating a newspaper con-
tanning an alleged libel. The general term
of the Superior Court reverses the judg'
ment and directs a new trial.
Small Notes Waited.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE Treasury re.
serve Of n and two-dollar notes having
become exhausted, Secretary Folger hal
asked Congress to appropriate $3.50, 900 to
print four million ones.
Mysterious Disappearance.
New York, Jan. 7.-Charles D~elmonico,
the famous restauranter, who has been re-
garded as Of unsound mind, has mysteri-
ously disappeared.
harmed.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. IA brief report from
Jerseyville says the Courthouse and Jail
were burned. Four prisoners in the latter
were suffocated to death.
SamnlAs of nickel from the miuaa In