Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-24
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The House Ended Protracted and
Most Bitterly Contested Elee-
ton Case;
OTHER IMPORTANT BUSINESS
sEFoRE The HOUSE.
A Panama. Town Destroyed by Fire:
Loss E.timaied At
$I,50O.e09.
THE cELEsTIals DESTROYED
THE RAILWAY.
Gtrrasa Catholics Secretary Nat
theHs Declines TO Listen 70 it,
Drirf kilograms.
OTHER IMPORTANT BUSINESS
sEFoRE TIE HOUSE.
THE cELEsTIAls DESTROYED
THE RAILWAY.
rsiesrsph to IAs SEwS.i
QUITE A vknIErf.
News From the National Capital OF
an Inferc~ffnE character.

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News From the National Capital OF
an Infcrc-ffnE character.
/ WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-By its
action today In -.-stiDS Langsten |
the House ended what was probably |
the most protraeted and bitterly |
contested election case il has ever
decided. The result wRs a surprise |
b the democratic minority, which, |
affer two weeks Of successful on
struction, was confident that its |
opponent could not secure quorum. |
bat the "ghips" had been active. |
During the first roll-call 81 was dis
covered that Nillihen Of Maine and /
Mud OF Aiarylani We're no: prs
ent and messengers were sent after
them. Sweeney Of Iowa, who had
not been expected 50 soon, came in
At this iuncture. and, with Mr..
Mudd, cast the votes necessary TO
make a quorum. Further proceec-
ings were remarkably exDedilious,
aud O'Farrell, the only democratic
sentinel, was utterly p0YeTless 10
check the majority.
The yea and nay vote, showing
/ Nenable not elected, showed les re
puhlicans in attendance, Including
those who did not vote, hut were
paired.
The Miller case, which followed
the LangtOn case, was even greater
surprise, and, in fact, Il was not
generally known 20 the republicans
that the leaders contemplated the
move.
The democratic minority vas con
siderably mixed over the result OF
the days proceedings, ami n call for
a cancus was circulated for the pur-
pose Of endeIvorins 10 unite the
party by way OF retaliation upon
policy Of treatment Of the Conference
report upon the tariff hnl, which
would require the reISblleans 70
maintain quorum 10 dispose OF tbs
IMPORT, but owing TO the lateness OF
the hour and the small aitendauce
Of democrats. the attempt TO hold
caucus was temporarily abandoned.
REPRESENTATIVE ROCKWELL
reported lavOrahly from the com
mittee on military affairs n snbsti-
tute for the bill making an aPprC-
priatiOR u $4,000 10 enable the
Secretary Of war 10 cause an eX-
plora,ion aud survey % the interior
Of Alaska, made by such force Of
officers ami enlistti, ~ Of the {
army as ne may deem 6esI.
EscHEAIEO PROPERTY BIEL.
BY n vote Of five 10 four the
House committee on judiciary or
dered n favorable report on the
Senate bill providing FOR the dispo-
sitiOn Of the persona! property OF t.it
Church Of LStter-day saints IN
Utah.
ENGLAND AND AMERICAN OFFEND
Frs IN
Representative Scranton Of PENN
syivAnia today presented fOF refer !
ence TO the committee on foreign
affairs Z joint resolution setting
forth that the harsh and brutal Z
treatment. Of political prisoners J. !
universally condemned by ali ,
cizIl!Eed nltions: that severa! u
American citiz tUr. Gallagher, :
w. Kent, J. Wilson, T. Whitehead }
aud cthers are noG undergoing
imprisonment ia England for 10
litical osenses, and are, accounting
to cfiicial rrpJFts and admissions,
being treated with exceptional ana =
uniusiifiable severity. Therefore, =
the House requests the President 10 ,
causc an INJURY 70 he 1iade Into the %
condition aud cases Of these prison =
err, and should the report referred 70 Z
prove correct, enielvOr 10 secure Z
for them human AMI decent treat a
ment. peniing efforts on their be- a
half. which, II j. anticipated, will \
prove that hey have not been fairly
or legally convicted OF the offenses U
against tieui, and there e
fore entitled 10 release. c
ACTING SECRETARY GRANT, n
OF the War Department, has adj u
dressed letter 10 Secretary Butter u
worth OF the Worlds Columbian p
directory, in refeTence 10 o
this U.s. OF the Chicago lakt-frOnt for ,
the Columbian Exposition. Giant ;
says that the department has ar
rived nj the following conclusions:
- The old harbor line, two thousand
feet inside the ives; wall Of the
breIkwA.cr, "a re-e-tablished ami y
extern fed south. The restrictions
existing between
OF the center OF Mon 4
roe Street AMI PARK Row, inside Of
the haTbOr nuc, ale removed, upon N,
condition that the Illinois Central a
Railroad Company consent 10 the
provisions OF the act Of the State r.
Legislature approved August 5, q
1893, and an ordinance OF the city -
Of Chicago adopted September Is,
1890. aud relelss all claims 20 the "
land between the points named, n
and east Of their righi-of-way."
As To the necessity for any action Al
Of the railroad company in the mat. =
ter, Acting Secretary Grant makes u
reference 70 n former proceeding
and saws. in view Of the facts, il l.
deemed important in removing the :,
that the Illinois Gem fe
trail Railroad Company shall not
be in position b take any advan;- "
age. :,
the TARIFF cOSFEREEs. o'
The republican tariff conierees -.
took a respite from their labors to- 81
night. The situation Is now such q
that no good, Il is thought, can come p
Of talking the matter over any fur -
tner. The conferees have had +,
turned upon them all the light that =
ran be difiused upon the only items 81
In the bill now unsettled, sugar and p
binding Irvine, and when they adj
ourned tonight IL was hoped that =
by tomorrow one side or the other vi
will show a disposition to yield. b
The metal and glassware schedules, y. ~
which have been the cause Of much
were settled tonight a,
The duty on steel ailsand s;ructur- in
Al iron remains a. In the House bill, q
and the duty on steel niileis Is fixed y, "
II rates lower than proyided by the h
House bill and higher than fixed by
he Senate. These were three Of tbe VI
principal items in this schedule In n
dispute. AZ
The rates fixed on the other items OF
in the schedule cannot be given, an
i.ut are generally lower than the NJ
House ami higher than the Senate :
rates. The last statement Applies
also to the glassware schedule, on
which there were n great many u
in the rates between the =
40 b-au-ht.e Of Congress. "A