Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-17
18th Congress---SecOnd Session.

1 with United States vessels arising from thei mlsmanagement. A number of other meas ures were laid aside.
 Mr. Van Wyck moved to make a special order for the second Tuesday in January the l bill for the relief of settlers and purchasers of land in Nebraska and Kansas adjoining l the Denver & St. Joseph railroad. He made statement in the nature of a personal ex- planation. Malicious falsehoods had been circulated by some papers in Nebraska to ed and the settlers paid only that he had in sisted on his title to some of these lands be- ing protected. He had summarily disposed of that falsehood by statement which he had made to the representatives from the district in which the lands are of the lands had been an open fact in Nebraska, in the Senate and in the Su- preIne court where he had a suit pending. He had always refrained from voting on the bill either in committee or in the Senate. If the Senate could do ample justice to the good faith and honor of the government while excluding any claim that he had he should not only advise that course, but should cheerfully consent to such determina- tion. The motion was agreed to and the bill made special order.
 The Senate then resumed consideration of the bill to repeal the tenure of office act and MT. Edmunds addressed the Senate, oppos-
 
 ecutive of State governments could not be trusted (as they were not) with the kingly power it was more important that the na- tional executive should not be trusted with such power.
 MT. George made a constitutional argu- ment in favor of the bill.
 MT. Evarts said he would vote for the bill, that grounds of constitutionality would not cover his vote, but that grounds of expedien- cy would.
 Without acting upon the measure the Sen ate at 4:3O went into secret session and few minutes later adjourned.
 HoUsE.-On motion of MT. Buck, of Con- necticut, a bill was passed making Hartford, Conn, port of entry instead of Middle town.
 A resolution providing for the printing of four thousand extra copies of the fishery cor respondence was adopted.
 Mr. Dingley, of Maine, presented the re- monstrances of number of boards of trade and others against the Dunn free ship bill, which were appropriately referred. They represent that the enactment of the bill will destroy the industry of shipbuilding in the United States and make this country depend ent on England for ships.
 After consideration the House passed the Senate bill for the allotment of land in sev- crafty to Indians. AS amended the bill au- thorizes the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to allot the lands of Indian reserva- tions to the Indians located thereon on their application, giving to each head of family one quarter section; to each single person over eighteen years of age and to each orphan child under eighteen years one eighth sec- tion, and to each other person under eighteen years one-sixteenth section. It prohibits for twenty five years the conveyance of any such allotted land subject to State or territorial law to the allottees and prohibits any terri 4<@,-1 lou T,> dians within it's jurisdiction the equal pro lection of the law. It also confer upon every Indian born within the territorial lim- it's of the United States to whom allotments have been made the rights and privileges of citizenship. The provisions of the bill do not extend to the territory occupied by the Cherokees, Greeks, Choctaws, Seminoles Miamis and Peorias in the Indian territory, nor to any of the reservations of the Seneca nation in the State of New York, nor to that strip of territory in the State of Nebraska adjoining the Sioux nation. It provides that before any reservation shall be abolished the consent of a majority of the males shall be ob- tained.
 On motion of MT. Burns, of Missouri, con- sideration of the urgency deficiency bill for public printing was proceeded with. During his explanation of the bill MT. Burns said the present incumbent had not come into OnCo aG the DoS1QnlnS or the uScal year, ana whether the fault for the deficiency belonged to him or his predecessor need not now be considered. It was sufficient to say that the public printer was confident that in the future he could do the public printing for S2,000. 900 instead of $2, 100000. The bill was passed ard the House in Committee of the Whole resumed consideration of the sun dry civil bill.
 An amendment was adopted exempting United States commissioners in cities having one hundred thousand population from the provision limiting to $500 per annum the fees and compensation of commissioners
 At 5:30 p. m. the committee rose, reported the bill and the previous question was or dered
 Adjourned.
 THE POLICE TAKE THE RENTS Collected From Irish Tenants By
 John Dillon And William OsBrien.
 DUBLIN, Dec. 16.-Mr. John Dillon and MT. William O 'Brien attended an immense National league demonstration at Doughrea to-day which was presided over by Father Cunningham. A large number of clergy men together with Commoners Harris and Sheehy occupied seats on the platform and 8 tates of Lord Clanricarde were present among the audience. Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien addressed the meeting eloquently and at length and at the conclusion of the speech es these two gentlemen opened rent offices for the collection of rents under the leagues plan of campaign. Hundreds of tenants paid the sums they were willing or able to pay when suddenly force of police headed by Inspector Davies burst into one of the offices, seized the money, books and papers and ar rested MT. Dillon, who was in charge. MT. Dillon remonstrated with Inspector Davies and was assaulted and roughly hand led by the police. The police then proceed ed up stairs to the office occupied by MT. O'Brien, arrested that gentleman and seized his books, papers, money, etc. Having se- cured the principals the inspector sent a squad to arrest Messrs. Harris and Sheehy and the four prisoners were arraigned before a magistrate and charged with conspiracy to induce tenants to abstain from paying the rents they were lawfully bound to pay, which charge is included in the general one of con- spi1acy to defraud. The prisoners were re- handed for one week. When the police ar rived Mr. Dillon had collected $400 and Mr. O'Brien about $350.
 Messrs Dillon, O'Brien, Sheehy and Har- ris, who wt re arrested at Loughrea to-day and remanded for examination, were released on $1 ,000 bail each this evening. The lead CTS of the National league are not disturbed by the arrests and decided to night to pursue their present tactics to the end.
 The Expenses of the Army.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The House Com mittee on Military Affairs to-day completed the army appropriation bill for the next fiscal year. It appropriates $23, ,357, POS. The estimates submitted were $25, ,524, ,587 and the appropriation for the current year amounted to $23, 764 ,001. Among the legis- lative provisions in the bill is clause limit ing the mileage of officers to four cents per mile.
 The Mystery of am Engine.
 RAILWAY, N. J., Dec. 16.-The telegrapher handed to the conductor of the express train from Philadelphia on it's arrival here last night telegram from Jersey City saying: "Tell your engineer there is the body of a man on his engine" Upon examining the pilot of the engine man's body terfibly, man gled was discovered. It had been noticed at New Brunswick and a telegram sent from there to the dispatcher's office at Jersey City, whence the above notice was sent to the en- gineer. The engineer does not know where he struck the man. The body has not been identified.