The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-20
WASHINGTON WISPs.
Investigating the Reported
Alaska Outrages.
THE HOLIDAY ADJOURNMENT
Official Notification of the lombard
ment of Cape Hayti -Approv we'd
by the President. ETC, Etc.

cided to call up the bill of Representa-
tive Baker for the admission of Soutl
Dakota on January 18th. under reso
luton OF the House making the CUES
ton the special order from day to day
After Bakers bill is taken up, 1t is pro
posed to substitute for it the Omnibus
bill, agreed on by the Democratic
caucus, and bring the latter up every
day until it is finally acted upon by thu
House. The committee decided to givt
q hearing on January 9th to all persons
interested in the bill for the admission
of Utah.
THE ALASKA oUTRAGEs.
The House committee on fisheries be-
gan the investigation regarding the
alleged outrages in Alaska. William
Gayitt, special Treasury agent to the
seal islands, testified that the Alaska
Company's agents at St. Georges
Island respect neither the laws of
God nor man. Among other
things he said they furnish
liquor to prostitutes in an under
! handed manner. Witness said the
whole island was place of prostitution
| from one end to the other. An agent
of the company had decls ed he would
break q mans head if he refused TO
bring his (the man's) wife to him.
Witness said further that he would
rather serve term in the penitentiary
than go through again what he and his
wife experienced there. In conclusion,
he admit ted that he did not know of
any criminal assault by agents of the
Alaska company
he NEVER KNEW.
George Wardman, special agent at
the island of st. George from 1881 to
1888, said he never knew woman or
girl on the island to be outraged or a
man or boy to be abused by any Of the
compauy's agents, nor did he ever
know of native woman living in the
company's house with the agents, He
never saw anything which would lead
him to believe the company's house
were converted into houses of ill-fame.
THOUGH NEGLECT.
T. L. Kelley, another special agent of
government on the Island OF St George
from 1885 to 1887, attributed the lack of
discipline and the loose morals on the
Island of st. George partly to the i'm
proper conduct and neglect of duty of
some government agents. which was in
turn initiated by the agents of the COM
pany. Witness formulated rules ior-
bidding females on the island from
visiting the compsny's or government
houses, but Fingle, his superior officer,
had declared such rules null. 1t was
impossible to imagine what influenced
him to do this, as the order was issued
in the interest of law and decency.
AN ADJOURNMENT CAUCUS.
This evening the indications are that
an adjournment will be reached by TO-
morrow. by the Senate, on the question
Of holiday adjournment, and IN con-
nection Herewith an agreement as to
the length of the debate on the tariff
bill.
The Democrats held a caucus after
the adjournment, this evening, and
authorized Harris and Vest to propose
to Nor Ill sni Sherman, representing
the Republicans, a proposition embody-
journ Friday next till January 7th, as
fixed by the House and resolution to
hold daily sessions beginning at IL a. III.
and continuing at least to $50 p. m,
until Il e tariff bill is disposed of, snl
to finally vote on the bill January 30Un.
This is impractical with the Republi-
can consideration, save in the matter of
night sessions.
. THE BoMBARDMENT.
The Department of State is informed
by the consul at Cape Hayti, under
dale of December 5th, written just as
the steamer Saginaw was leaving, that
aittr an absence of ten DAYS the Hay
tien steamer TouSSaint LOuUerture ap-
peared off that city on the morning of
December 81, and began bOmbarding
the city for two hours The consular
corps Immediately protested and upon
the receipt of the protest the comman-
der OF the vessel was granted thirty-slx
hours, which will expire at am. on
the 9Th.
APPROVED.
The President approved the act
granting the use of certain lands in
Pierce County, Washington Territory,
to the city OF Tacoma for the purpos, 8
of public park, and the act to estab-
liah land office at Folsom, n. NJ.
SUING FOR DAMAGES.
Amasa G. Paul, administrator of IL e
estate of the late Professor Ed G. Paul,
to-day entered suit against United
States Senator Cullom, of Illinois, for
$4,000 damages, the suit growing out
of the death of Professor Paul, who was
ridden down and fatally injured by
Joseph Chase. a negro coachman in the
employ Of the Senator.
WILL CONTEST.
Judge Edmund Waddell, Jr. Repub-
lican candidate for Congress in the
third district of Virginia, has served
notice of contest upon Representative
George D. Wise, on the ground of OBJ
struction of voters.
Arrived at Panama.
PANAMA, December 19.-The French