Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-07
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and destroying the Methodist church and sew
eral other buildings
Congress in Session All Night Saturday
and Sunday


WASHINGTON, July 6th-Both houses of Con
gress remained in session all OF Saturday night
ana nj $50 Sunday morning took a recess until
Soelock in the afternoon. The wrangle over
the Mexican pension bill was kept up through
the night, and only laid aside 20 allow action
TO be taken on the conference report During
the night the sundry civil appropriation bill
was hnally passed the House recedng from its
disagreement to the Senate amendments strik-
ing out of the bill the entire legislation cngrated
IN the bill by the House on the recommenda-
ton OF the Committee on Expenditures in the
department OF Justice, providing for the
| payment of the annual salary 10 MarshalS
| and other Federal Court officers instead OF
lees, as has heretofore been the law. \ rather
hot tight sprung up over this question, and the
whole story of the systematic frauds practiced
upon the Government and the outraSeS inflicted
upon citizens OF the United States in the name
OF the law under the present fee system. was
gone over The House, however. finally decided
TO allow the amendments 70 be stricken out by a
vote of Il 10 Is The House again refused to
agree TO the appropriation of S25O.O0O for the
Nicaragua ship Canal project The report of
the conference committee ON the fortihcatou
bill was adopted, and that measure passed
When the House met this afternoon none of
the conference committees being ready 10 re-
port, the Mexican pension bin was again taken
up, and the crowded galleries were entertained
with speeches by Brown Of Indiana, Blackburn
OF Kentucky, Bouteic OF Maine and Taylor of
Ohio.
The House then. al 6 o'clock, took further
recess until =
10 order, AMI at $50 Went into executive session.
When the doors were reopenCd the Senate took
a recess al intervals iin o'clock. shortly after
HHle submitted the conference report on the
deficiency bill, which showed. among other
things, that the House had rvtcded from It's dis
agreement as Ia the compensation of senators
clerks and that all other dlgErCcmcutS on the
bill had been adjusted u- ;uutual Cuucl, ,SiOu.
The report was agreed To- and thc senate ghJa
took recess until $50 g. Sc.
SECOND DISPATCH
WASHINGTON. July 9Th - The Senate and
House of Representatives have been in session
since o clock ana at TINS hour the indications
are that another all night session Will be held.
The Chinese Restriction Act Signed by
the President.
WASHINGTON. July 6,h.-The Pre>idcu, has
signed the Chinese Restriction Act.
The Work of Congress.
WASHINGTON. July Gth-The first session ofthe
Forty-Cighth Congress is expected to close TO
morrow. il has extended oyera period ofseycn
months and four days, although the actual
working time will not exceed one hundred and
SiNty-fye days In that time there have been
introduced in the Senate 2,S67 bills and " joint
resolutions, and in the House 80 bills and Isl
resolutions. OF these, 60 Senate bills and 10
Senate resolutions have passed both houses and
become laws by executive approval. ana 81
House bills and - House resolutions have be
come laws i'm the same manner, Three House
bills also became laws without the action OF the
President.
Damaging WiDd-Storm in Central Illinois.
ST. LOUIS July 6th.-DiSpatches from Decatur,
Sprinheld, Shclbyyille and other places in cen
tral ILLINOIS, report that q very severe wind
storm swept over Macon. Sangamon and Chris
tiGn counties between midnight ami daylight
saturday morning, which destroyed much
property, but so TAR no lives are reported lost
In the vicinity of IlliopOliS, Saugamon county,
several farm-houses were badly damaged barns
and outhouses carried away, and the wheat and
corn crops utterly ruined. number ofauimalS
were killed and the crops ruined. woman
and baby were blown 201 yards and deposited
under hedge completely covered with mud,
but unhurt. Two of John Krotts children were
badly injured, and one may die. The wind
lifted loaded cars of the track at Body station,
and at Madison the Presbyterian church and
parsonage We're entirely destroyed The loss in
Macon county is estimated at 500 600. Christian
county is also said to have suffered severely. but
no details are given.
Indian Trouble in Colorado.
DENVER, July 6th.-Wilson. Carlisle * John.
sons cattle camp in the western part of La
Plata county near the Utah line. was attacked
by Ute Indians July Sd Charles Cook and
Adolph Lusk, employees of the cattle company.
were badly wounded. Five Indians were killed
and a number wounded. The whites lost eleven
horses killed and one hundred stolen. The
cowboys were driven OFF, their camping outfit
burned, and their provisions carried away by
the Indians. Two of Wilson's boys and 10
years old-rode % hours without food or rest mr.
irving at Durango last night in an exhausted
condition. The Utes have for some time been
CAUSING lrouble 10 stOcklnen, Killing cattle and
stealing horses. One of the Wilson men found
several of the latters horses in possession of
the Indians, and undertook To secure the same.
An Indian attacked him with knife and was
killed. This pTecipitated the fight. Seventeen
thousand head of cattle are left to the mercy of
the Indians. Colonel Hail. commandant at Fort
Lewis, dispatched a company of cavalry to
drive the Indians back to the reservation. The
Indians will probably reach the reservation,
well supplied with horses and cattle, before the
soldiers get in reach of them.
Return of Ex-Minister Sargent.
NEW YORK, July 6th.-IIon A. A. Sargent. ex-
Minister to Germany, arrived in the City Of
Rome to-day.