Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-07

soEilY Is to csiI for . vsry hnnds0us
token q thA1ks from the seorstnrT q
the interior.
DearA - Gssrxs =. CaFhhaIl.
WasHxzazox. July 6.-Prixate dis
patches Feaeivsd IN fhis city fonlRha an
ncu1oe he deaih e. Moun1 Pleasant.
lows, o. Generai GenrRe B. Corkhill.
ex Disfrist Attsrnay of this Dlglrios.
6enaral CoEkhill served IN the Union
army through tie lats var. and e the
elosa 0f she R8ballion wAB made aator-
nsy for one of The indioial Districts Of
Iowa. Subsequently PFesidsEt Hayes
appointed him Unftsd States District
Attorney for tha Disiricf Of Columbia,
which poaiaion be held until naaE the
close Of Preaidsnt AFthar'a terra, and
since thai time be has baen engaRed IN
the practices of Law II this city. He BE-
cana known aa the aanoosszul prusecu-
tor of The assassin Guitsau. He left
hare last Thursday fox Iowa, and the
newa Of his dsath cnussd : RTaaf ahpok
b hia numerous friends In this city. BE
was one of The bet known and most
popular men in the DittRict.
RAY Ter Roaeh.
WAsHxN0roE, July 6.-Senafor Mitch.
ell, Of Oregon, today aubmia1ed an
amendment % he GsneraI DsllaiencV
Appropriation bill 10 pFoVida fur she
payment 20 John Reach 4 Son ef go
SO for wharfage and care Of the maAf-
tor Roanoke from March 17th, 1877, 70
the tins Of lie sale In 1858, Including
towing ana pilotaQe. and . pav tham
so. SO Ia full for the cost Of changing
thereon the sfrsme Of the PuritAR.n
The PFessaensss Pemsiea veeoea.
WAaHuaroE, JuIy 6. The Hoass
Committee On Invalid Pensions eon-
sidefed Presidential veto message at
its meeting today. Representative Con.
ger called up the bill for the relief Of
John Lucs, whoae claim Il based on in
iuries received from being thrown far
ward on the pnmmel of biz saddle, but
after discussion it vas decided that the
bill did not embody q case strong
enough 70 pass over ths veto and ID was
dropped.
Probably all the vetoed Pansion bills
which originated In the Senate, with
ons exception, will be reported from she
Coumittee on Pensions with recoEn-
mendRiiona thai they do pass. the PFes-
ident's veto Notwithstanding. The az
o8ption will be covered by q new bill,
the enc vetoed baing defective ID cau-
sequence OF clerical error. The case
OF HaFrtet WEIGH Is one In respect 10
which the President said, ~ThouQh
this widow admits THAI prior 10 her
marriage with the deceased saldief, she
had married another man who she Oould
only say she believed 30 be dad" The
Senate C0mmittse says il It's report
that no question is raised 10 the evi-
dence as 20 the legality Of the marriage
which seems to have resulted.
Reports en- the Payae HavessiGaaIsn.
WAaHN0Ton, July 6.-An evening pa-
per says: Il is understood that there
will be three reports on the Payne in
vestigati0n By the Privileges and Eleo-
tons COMMITTEES. The Democratic Sen
ators will report VindicatinQ Payne,
Senator's Hear and Frye will recommend
an investigation. and Senators EvaFts.
Logan and Teller will explain that for
technical reasons they were restrained
from recommending that the Senate
take Osgnizanoe Of the charges Of
bribery.
How the Preslaeat - Kept 8usY.
WAsHrNaroa, July 6.--The President
has bean engaged during the past tuo
days 10 personally examining 14l
special pension acts delivered 70 hin
June "a The records concerning them
we're only ready on Saturday for bis
confederation. he has carefully studied
all the facts presented IN the reports
made By the Congressional Committee
IN each case and special reports pre-
pared for bis information BY the Pen
sion Bureau. which are very volumin-
0us and complete. The result Of bis
investigation IL that twenty bills Wers
vetoed and one hundred and twenty
approved and signed. Daring this ses-
sion Of Congress 5d5 special pension
acts have become laws and ninety have
been vetoed.