The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-05

~, civil hill was then taken ny.
oIK Hha following nominations were
ad ~ T.ehanon B. Colt, OF Knode
1 m : Tinted States judge OF tne
1sla1i ;;,dicial district; Chas. Ian, o.
IT%,,;nc;s. chief Justice of the terIlIoly
Of Utah; Jas. McCormlcK' pos'n
at Reding, Gala. ..,.;o, If the
Pending the consideration ", t
hill the Senate insisted on us aiae LII
ments to the river ana haioo1 W.
md ordered y conference:
Sherman offered the fOliOWlng TO
o,nt;on. which will lay over I'LL TO-
Resoired. That the Senate Will
NOT ct the usual hour on frloay,
Inlv, 4. and after reading the ]ournal
nd before other business is done Tue
Secretary of the Senate shall reao .ns
neclaration of independence n
Washlngton's farewell address. .,
The consideration of sundry CIVIL
h;;ls was then proceeded with.
In the clause providing TOT pa.,lcl
patton by the government IN the New
Orleans Exposition. when was
agreed to, Jones aid Gibson energetl'
cally opposed the committees pro-
nrosed amendment to reduce from
$500. 900 to $3.50, 600 the amount ar-
nr0pri ted to enaole the government
10 participate in the New Orleans
Exposition.
Gibson moved to restore the
amount to $5OO.n0O Not agreed TO
and the appropriation wss made
$3.50, 900. The bill then passed and
the Senate adjourned.
from the committee on public lands,
reported D bill for the forfeiture OF
land granted to aid the construction
of q railroad from Portland, Oregon,
to connect with the Central Pacific.
Placed on the House calendar.
In pursuance of an agreement yes
terday the House proceed d to vote
upon the motion to substitute the
minority report On the fertilization
bill for the one reported by the ma
jority of the committee on appropri-
ations. The motion was agreed to;
yeas, $50; nays, 81.
Henderson, of Iowa, HOwey and
York voted with the Democrats in
the aft rmative, and Morgan, of Hi
nois, FindIay, Finerty, Hancock,
O'Nlill, of Missouri, and Potter with
the Republicans in the negative. Tie
bill a. amended by the adoption of
the substitute was then passed; yeas
80; nays As. 1t appropriates $685., QUO.
Tucker moved that the House go
into a committee of the whole on
bills raising the revenue. Lost; ayes,
80; nays, 1871.
Hewitt asked u animous consent
for the adoption of a resolution ask
ing that q committee of three mem
bers be appointed by the Speaker to
investigate the numerous fraudulent
transactions recently disclosed in the
several executive departments.
Hiscock objected and the lesolu-
ton was not received.
Townshend moved that the House
proceed to the consideration Of tust-
ness on the Speakers table, his OBJ
ject being to reach the Mexican pen
sion bill with the Senate amend
ments. Agreed to.
Stockslager moved that the bills
on the Speakers table relating to
YuU1tC OU1luluSS bO AlIot OOA0AuOACOy
lost; yeas, Y; nays, $50.
The House refused by a vote Of "a
to 126 to consider the special
order beng a bill granting pensions
to survivors Of the Mexican and In>
dian wars, and proceeded to the con-
sideration of the Mexican pension
till.
The senate amendment striking out
he clause granting pensions to sur>
viving officers and enlisted men vino
served sixty days in the Mexican war,
or who actually served in the army
or navy in that war, and inserting in
lieu thereof a provision granting a
pension to those who actually served
fourteen days in Mexico, or on the
coasts or frontier thereof during the
war, or en- route thereto, was con-
cured in by a vote of 176 to IS.
Pending further action the speaker
laid before the house the presidents
veto of the Fitz John Porter bill.
The house passed the bill over the
veto, Oy q vote of 1873 to 178, and adj
journed.
New YORK, July 2.-At the con-
ference of the commissioners of emil
grafton and representatives of the
different steamship companies. the
former proposed to the latter to pay
for the maintenance of emigrants
landed here who had tickets to various
points in the west. The representa-
tives of the steamship companies de-
clined doing any more than thew are
now compelled to do by law, which
is to pay fifty cents per head on emi>
grants.
Mrs. Ward, keeper of an uptown
nursery. notified the police to day
of the death of Mable Louisa Baker.
six months old child. This is the
place styled a "baby farming estab-
yesterday. The authori-
ties will make an investigation.