Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-04

| transmitted to the house a letter rec
ommending increase of the limit Of cost
Of. public buildings as follows: Los
Angeles, $25 900; Sacramento, $3.50, 900 (;
Carson City, New, $4,000.
The senate committee on finance con-
tinued consideration of Senator Sher-
mans bill to declare trusts unlawful.
After adopting several amendments
which do not affect the principle or scope
OF the measure, the committee ordered
favorable report to be made to the senate
In the senate Hale. from the census
committee, reported back adversely the
bill to require the superintendent of the
census to ascertain what percentage OF
the pc ople own their farms, the number
of farms under mortgage and the amount
thereof.
Senator Mitchells bill appropriating
$3.50, 900 for a public building at The
Dales, and Senator Dolph's bill appro-
priating $780, 900 for public building at
Salem, have been agreed to by the com
mittee on public buildings and grounds,
and will be reported favorably without
amendment,
The senate committee on pensions has
unanimously directed Chairman Da is
to report the dependent bill. The title of
the bill reads as follows: "a bill grant
ing pensions to soldiers and sailors who
are incapacitated for the performance OF
labor, and providing for pensions to
their widows, minor children and de-
pendent parents"
Merriam, from the finance committee,
reported the concurrent resolution re-
questing the secretary of the treasury not
to make a new lease OF the island of ST.
Paul snd st. George, IN Alaska, for the
purpose Of taking furseals therefrom,
and to postpone all action in relation
thereto until after the 10th of February
1892; passed.
Governor Shoup, of Idaho, says the ex-
. penses OF state government for Idaho
will necessitate an increase in the tax
rate from mills to 90 mills Ex-Gov.
ernor Stevenson says that il the Mormon
,, church does not teach publicly or pri
vately the oblgatian of plural marriages
an official declaration to that effect from
the church authorities in Salt Lake will
settle the question OF citizenship in Idaho
, under the proposed constitution. They
have, he says, the remedy for the evils
| complained of in Their own hands.
|
l the third auditor OF the treasury recon-
, mends that 1925 900 be allowed the state
} OF California for moneys expended / n sup
pressing Indian hostilities prior to 1854
, The state, the third auditor says, issued
, bonds for this purpose, and he recon-
I mends that the government take up the
bonds and pay the interest. Payment O
$33 900 on account of the Humboldt In
, dian expedition and of 81, 444 for ex penset
, incurred in the Mod DC war is also re, ON
, mended.
: Secretary WINDOWS call for 10 pei
+ cent. of the amount of public moneys
4 held by national HANKS has expired
! Only lS 'ba uks ont of 80 called upon have
responded. The amount surrendered
: however, is far in excess OF the amount
! held bp them, and number of others
3 surrendered all the above amount neces
: sary for the transaction of current public
| business. The total amount of bonds
: purchased to date in liquiuation of these
deposits is $6,7ll 500. The future course
of the department in this matter will be-
determined in lew days
Senator Mitchell has introduced bill
= which legalizes the testimony taken
before either register or receiver of
Il
: or unable to be present at the hearing
. The secretary of the interior will no
. approve land claims under the law as i
= now stands. The senator's attention
a was called to the matter by the death O
a one OF the officers OF the land office at Ii
;. Grande, Or, where about fifty proof
: were made before single officer, bu
they could not be perfec ed on account o
the vacancy. The law is designed t.
cover this case, but applies to the who'll
country.
&c The resolutions heretofore offered il
A relation to the alleged unlawful selection
|, OF land in Florida were taken up, an
o Call addressed the senate. The burden
8 OF his remarks was that lands whicl
:. were not swamp or overlooked, bu
> which were fit for cultivation, had bee
- selected under the swamp land act. to tn
;. injury OF the peoples right. He asserte
"a that 0,0O0, 900 acres had been selecte
~ and approved in all the states rs swan
, and overlooked lands, while everybod
a knew there was no such extent of terri
"a tory-as large as Europe--consisting c
swamp and overlooked lands. OF owe
l6,0OO,O0O acres which had passed i
~ Florida, under the swamn and overtlowe
land act he asserted that IL .O0O, 900 wer
high and dry.
- The senate committee on territorie
~ listened to the statements of represents
a. tives of the Mormon church decla atiy
b o: the teachings of the church in supno,
OF their argument that the constitution
adopted by the people Of Idaho for tn
u new state should he accepted bycongres.
IL Bishop Bulge, president of the Mo moi
: church in Idaho, said he had always bee
10 taught to obey the laws of the land an
~ IN forty-two years experience with No,
l. mons he n, yer knew any aching to tn
!; contrary. The Mormons, he said. we
" taught to believe in the divine inspiratlo
T. OF the constitution of the United st ties
and thus believing. he said, Mormon
had la higher reverence for it than othe
Il citizens The practice of polvgamy ia do
,r creasing. On the subject OF biol alto ,e
1T ment, Bulge said there was no such mir
Vi cIpie held or taught by the Mormo
a church.
ID The past years st ,amboat record i
70 California is as follow: During the Yea
id there we're eight collisions, four wrecg
Or and founderings aud five fires on stea,
vessels One life was lost in ollision |
n by accidental drowning, and one ma
m employed on steamer fell dead. raisin
in the total death list to Il. In the sam
10 time 1850 GA persons travelled on stear
h vessels, ami . is shows what a sma
10 death rate there is in proportion to tn
II number of travelers. The number OF vo,
e, sells inspected was 27l, having a gro