Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-25
EASTERN.
CONGRESSIONAL.

WAsHINGToN, ID. c., June 24.-SEN-
ATE-It was agreed that the Senate
meet ut II o'clock for the remainder of
the session. Consideration OF the Mexi.
can Pension bill was resumed at 3
o'clock. Debate closed aud voting upon
amendments then began. An amend
ment was agreed to providing that no
person shall be entitled to more than
one pension Mt one time under the law of
the United States, unless that fact be
specially stated in the law. The bill was
then passed, yeas, 81; nays, p, as fol-
lows: Yeas-Allison, Blair, Bowen, But
Ter, Cameron (Pennsylvania), Cameron
(Wisconsn), Conger, Dawes, Dolph,
Frye, George, Hale, Harrison, Hall, H.
gals, Jones (Nevada), Lamar, Latham,
Logan, Mcmillan, Mahone. Manderson,
Miller (Cala.), Miller IN. ", Nit
chell, Chalmers, Pike, Platt, Plumb,
Ransom, Riddleberger, Sawyer, Sewall,
Sherman, Van Wyck and Wilson-37.
Nays-Bayard, Beck, Brown, Call,
Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Edmunds,
Fair, Farley, Garland, Groome, Hamp-
ton, Hawley, Jackson, Jonas, Jones
tFla.l, Morgan, Pendletun, Pugh, Sauls-
bury, Slater, Vance, Vest, Walker and
Williams-26.
The House bill to authorize the Presi-
dent to appoint two additional Justices
of the Supreme Court of Dakota and one
additional Justice OF the Supreme Court
of the Territory of Washington was
passed.
The Legislative bill was taken up and
ho ,ptn
Adjourned.
HoUsE-The Senate bill passed grant.
ing letter carriers l5 days leave Of alb
sence each year.
Curry, from the Committee on Indian
Affairs, reported q resolution calling on
tho Secretary of the Interior for in
formation relating to the claims of GER
tain persons to n portion of the land of
the Xuni Indians in New Mexico and
Arizona. Adopted.
The bill providing that hereafter no
public lands adapted to agriculture shall
be sold except mineral lands and town
sites, but that they shall be reserved for
actual and bona fde settlers under the
homestead law, was agreed to.
On motion OF Henley an amendment
was adopted providing that nothing Con
tanned in the bill shall be construed
to repeal the act for the sale
OF timber lands in California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory. The
bill passed, yeas l47; nays Al.
The Electoral Count bill was then
taken up. The House bill was adopted
as a substitute for the Senate bill, yeas
1877; nays 50. The Senate bill, MS
amended by the substitute, was read n
third time and passed.
Failed to Agree.
WAsmNGToN, d. c., June 24.-The
Committee of Conference on the Naval
Appropriation bill held meeting, re-
sulting in disagreement on the two
chief items in the controversy, viz, the
provisions for steel cruisers and for the
completion OF the monitors.
Hili TO Forfeit Certain -. T.. Lands
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 24.-The
House Committee on Public Lands will
report favorably the bill forfeiting such
portions of the lands granted the
California as lie along that part OF the
road completed since July, 1873. About
$500, 600 acres are involved.
Bills Passed by the House.
WAsHINGToN, June 24.-The evening
session OF the House passed the follow
lug bills: For the settlement OF ac-
counts of officers of the army who
served in the war of the rebellion; to
authorize q retired list for privates and
non commissioned officers of the United
States who served thirty years;
to provide for the settlement
Of claims OF officers and men for loss of
private property destroyed in the mill
tary service. The bill appropriating
$3.50, 600 for the location of Branch
Soldiers Home in Arkansas, Colorado,
Kansas, Iowa, Minne.ota, Missouri,
or Ntbraska, gave rise to good
deal of discussion, and on the question
OF its passage no quorum voted and no
further action was taken.
The Senate bill was passed providing
for the disposal OF abandoned and use.
less reservations. Adjourned.
Allan PInkerton Dying.
CHICAGO, Ills., June 24.-Allan Pink.
erton, founder Of Pinkerton's Detective
Agency, is lying at the point of death
from malarial fever.