Connecticut western news., 1886-01-20
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
D E AT E.

The Ohio Senate and House met in joint session and elected John sherman to the United States Senate. It requires 74 votes to ell C.. Sherman recei, ed S4 votes and Allan G. Thurman 6.
 MT. Morgan offer, q & resolution relating to the Trustees provided for by.the Utah bill to manage the property and affairs Of me nor mon Church.
 Senator Ferry introduced 8 bill for the re lief of the American merchant marine n repeals the statute requiring the payment or fees for marine documents, certificates or ln- ,pection. etc, and provides that the Collectors whose duty it is to furnish these papers shall ba paid by the United States.
 After some debate tn. smendmene of MT. Brown (dem.), of Georgia, to the Utah bill- which was to strike out eho words that would compel tho law ful husband or wife Of the ac- cused to testify-was rejected (yeas, II; nays, 42), an the compulsory provision was thera- fore retained in the bilL The bill then cams up on it's final passage and was pssseo Dy vo,e of SS yeas to nays. The main feature of the bill is that tho Territorial laws creating and continuing the Mormon Church eorposa-
 ton arc snuulel, ,nd the President IS to ap' point, by and with the advice of the Senate, fourteeu trustees to manage the property ana
 business of tho corporation; and that the As-
 torney General is ordered to institute pre-
 ceedings to forfeit md escheat ell property acquired by thu corporation in contravantlon of the Uuied States laws. the escheated prop
 erty to be then sold and the proceeds de voted to common school purposes in the Territory, but uo building is to be forfeited that IS uee" exclusively for worship.
 Mir. Logan, from the Committee on Military Affairs reported favorably the Senate bill pro-
 viding for the purchase of the old Produce Exchange building and site in New York city for army purposes.
 The bill introduced by Mir. Warner of Ohio, providing for the issue of certificates on Ge- posted silver bullion IS substantially the bill prepared by him during last summer and pub
 lished before the meeting of Congress. It provides that any holder of silver bullion may | deposit the same with the Treasurer or Assist | ant Treasurer in amounts not less in value han &1O and receive therefor certificates in | denominations Of S10, $20 $50, $1OO, and | f5OO. Theee certificates shall tc received for | customs, taxes, and 6 l other public dues, and shall be legal tender in payment of all debts | public and private unless payment ln com b | expressly stipulated.
 Mr. Burrows O, NJ chigan, from the Oom- init e on Post Offices and Post Roads, re- ported resolution calling on the Postma tel General for information as to changes made in the law re- uiating tho compensation to
 railway companies for carrying tue malls and also ss to what facilities are necessary to en- sble him to mak' a thorough and satisfactory examination of this subject. Adopted. FOREIGN ITEMS. The Speaker Of the English House of Con- mons decided that he could not prevent Mir
 Bradlaugh's Icing sworn in. The member for
 Northampton Is, however, liable to civil suit
 for taking tho oath.
 Tho rumored seizure Of the Samoan
 Islands by Germany is amply confirmed from
 German, American, and English official sources
 Nj. rasteur has received gift of 40, ,OOOf to help on his researches. Turkey has expressed willingness to dis
 arm if Servia and Greece will disarm also.
 Greece refuses to disarm unless she is first as-
 sured of an extension of territory. The British ship Hudson Bay. Captain
 Veysey, has foundered off Kmpna- Fifteen men of the crew were drowned.
 The wifo of a Parisian wine merchant whose dog bit and caused the death
 from rabies of a man and girl. has been fined
 for the care.essness she exhibited in the mat
 ter.
 A London correspondent cables that 8
 scare over mad cats is likely to occupy public attention, boy having died from the effects of the bite of one.
 -Adv;ces from Colon say that twenty-one vessels were wrecked and sixty-five lives lost during the recent storm there. A Berlin correspondent SAYS: "Ti.ere Is much Giscontent among the Turkish troops on | the frontier. A Colonel has been sent in
 chains to Constantinople, charged with mutiny. | Eve Generals are accused of seditious utter
 sl.ces in the presence of troops" 1 At the Munster Assizes heavy sentences, ranging from six to ten years Imprisonment,
 were passed Il on 8 number of prisoners con- | victed of moonlis hting, attempting to murder
 policemen, and wounding and shooting ., | other perons.
 | About hundred persons broke through | the ice while skating in Regents Park, Lon
 Sunday. No one was drowned.
 | If is said that tho Carlicta baya decided
 tp abandon for the present their preparations
 for rising in Spain.
 Greece is seeking an offensive and defen
 sive alliance with Montenegro against Turkey