Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-17

 that certain senators have provided places in the departments and in the senate for mem bers of their families It is assereed that soma families oc> cupy positions aggrcgating an ia> come of nearly S10,000 year. RUSSIA WILL ABRoGATE THE JEWISH
 LAWS
 ST. PETERSBURG, Jan, 1.-The senate decided to en ieavor to obtain abrogation of the anti Jewish laws passed n May 1882.
 WASHINGTON NEWS.
 WASHING TON, Jan. 11.-In the senate Vanwyck, on committee of im- provement of the Mississippi river submitted a j,lnI resolution appro- priating $I,000,000 to continue the improvements begun on the Missi> ssippi river. After debate the re-o- luiion was amended so as to give it the form of bill, which passed.
 The Secretary of the Treasury will call Tn $10,O00,000 of threes to-mor- row. A meeting of the House com mittee on postoffices ant post roads, report favorable action on the bill making ru5lIc roads highways and post routes and giving the posinas- ter general power to establish postal service whenever in his judgment the public welfare re- quires it.
 SAN FaANcIsCO.
 SAN FRANc1sco, Jan. 12.-The Mexican yellow fever sufferers re> lief committee report having col- lecte1 $6.300, of which there has been sent to Mazatlan $2,500; Cuay> mas S2,25O; La Paz; $500; San Bias $55O; Mazanillo $500.
 In the United States District Court yesterday Judge Hoffman re- maLded four Chinese habeas corpus cases, in order. he said, to gIve the U s. Attorney an opportunity to have Chinese arrested for being un- lawfully in tho country.
 This morning Judges Sawyer Hoffman and Sabine, will sit as committing mag strates, in the cases of the Chinese rcmanded who have been arrested for being unlawfully in the country.
 CONGRESS.
 WARRINGTON, Jan. 11,-Senatc | Edmunds introduced bill to pay Danenhower and Melville $1 ,0O( each, and to Raymond L. Newcomb naturalist, Jno. Cole, acting boat swan, w. T. C.. Menderman, Jas Bartlett, seamen, $500 each, the re- maining survivors, $500 each. l also authorizes the payment of 1 sum equal to one years salary to tn heirs of each deceased member o the Jeanntte expedition and crew
 Cole, providing for a postal sav ings bank.
 Collum spoke in favor of his bll to suppress polygamy in the Unite States. He said Mormonism building up system hostile to til United States and instead of havin: a republican government, either i form or spirit, it is essentially op posed to every principle of republi canism. IL is a government of arro gant priests, who teach that til Gentiles are the foe of the Mora. people and consider proper ever device for their overthrow. Brown opposed the bill and dt clared all recent legislation of COT P gress in come tion with Utah a fairs unconstitutional.
 House: Morris is busy at wol
 on the tariff bill.
 MOB TAKES POSSESSION OF A TRAI
 PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 12,-T
 day about POO railroad laborers r
 gently discharged from the Bak City branch, took forcible posses $ ion of the passenger and mail tra r, at Pendeton, bound west, and pr 2 emptorily demanded that thu = should be brought down to Portlal . free. The officials refu=ed and c e dered the crowd If leave; they d d clined to pay fare or get off. " 2 sheriff and iar1e posse was call e but proved powerless as the ;rs l was on the Umatilla Indian reserv
 ton and the state authorities we
 without jurisdiction The crowd 20 rioters then defed the officers, wh e military assistance was invok' o General miles commanding the c partment of the Columbia, bel .e telegraphed to immediately sent t companies from Fort Walla Wa ! to proceed to the scene of acti' r. The troops reached Pendloton ye
 terday evening; the crowd refu: to yield and still hold the tra
 About three hundred roughs q
 hoodlums from Pendleton came O.
 to assist the rioters and the cro
 numbers over 500. There is bloodshed as yet. The soldiers :, virtually overpowered, and the m
 and express cars were detached w I great difficulty and started for Pc =. lard tonight. The passenger c - are still delayed, being in possess
 of the mob. The result of the
 far is yet uncertain. Very seri
 difficulty is feared ard bloodshe' 1s; inevitable Unless the rioters vi 'ed more troops will be sent for.