, 1890-03-07
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committee on Pacific railroads today re.
sumed consideration of the Van Dever
bill for refundinE the debt of the Pacific
railroads to the government. The com
mittee got through sixteen sections,
which are substantially like the Outh
waite bill and concerns the Union Pacific
alone. The remainder of the bill pro-
poses a refunding plan to meet the case
of the Central Pacific railroad, and before
entering on its consideration the question
arose as to whether the committee should
report a bill Gas was done by the senate
committee) covering both companies OF
separate bills. Adjournment arrived be.
fore a decision was reached.
The n committee on military affairs
today ordered a favorable report upon the
bill to- appropriate money to reimburse
the states of California, Nevada and Ore,
gan for expenses incurred to aid in sup
pressing the rebellion. The amounts are:
To California $4.42S, 1872, Oregon 1876,
282, Nevada 800. 908. Wherever the
state paid interest on the loans to meet
these expenses, that amount, after being
determined, shall also be paid
Representative Taylor of Illinois to-
day introduced in the house a bill to pro.
vide for the establishment OF a system Of
government telegraph for the use OF the
government and people, to be operated
as a part of the postal system.
Another day passed without the senate
coming to a decision as to what will be
done with the newspaper correspondents
who refuse TO tell Dolph's special com
mittee how they get the proceedings Of
executive sessions.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the recommendation of the mill
tary authorities at the San Carlos Indian
agency in Arizona that about 100 of the
wives, children and other relations of the
renegade Apaches be removed to Fort
Union, N. NJ, for temporary confinement.
This action, 1t is supposed. will have a
moral effect both upon the renegades and
those at the agency. 1t is the intention
of the Indian bureau to place at some
Indian school those of the children who
are of school age.
A copy of the charges preferred by
Gen. Hastings against Commander Nc
| Gala and other officers of the United
States Enterprise of scandalous conduct
at Bermuda has been referred by the sec.
rotary OF the navy to the officers con
cerned for an explanation. The charges
are to the effect that McCalla and three
other officers were shamefully drunk and
and disorderly at Hamilton. Bermuda, on
Sunday, while the Enterprise was at
anchor in the harbor with the dead body
of the late Minister Pendleton on board.
Members of the Kansas congressional
delegation had a conference with Secre-
tary Proctor today in regard to the pro
posed transfer of the headquarters of the
department of Missouri from Leaven
worth to st. Louis, and the secretary con
sented to defer action a few days. The
reason for the proposed change is that it
is regarded as undesirable to have depart.
ment headquarters and post headquarters
at the same place.
The secretary has under consideration
also the the transfer OF headquarters
from Van Couver's barracks to Portland,
Or. but there is no likelihood of an i'm
mediate change.
The secretary of the treasury pur.
chased over s., 1000. 900 United States
bonds today, and thereby reduced the
available surplus to about $2S, 600, 900.
As the secretary is disinclined to reduce
the surplus below $40, 900, 900, a few rep,
etItIons of todaY's operations would soon
result in the temporary suspension OF
bond purchases, at least so far as the 4
per cent. s are concerned.