Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-12
THE WASHINGTON BUDGET
Bill introduced in the Senate Pro-
viding for Settlement of Pacific
Railroad Debts.
INDIAN TERRITORY JUDGES CONFIRMED
Associated Press Has Found Out About
Land Court Appointments-Cuban
and Silver Questions in Con-
gress-Trouble in Arizona.

gress-Trouble in Arizona.
Washington, Dec. 12.-Senator Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, to-day introduced a
bill for the settlement of the Pacific rail-
road debts. It provides for she sale Of
the governments interest in both the
Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
railroads on July l, 1896, to the highest
bidder, but there shall be no sale unless
the bid shall be at least so per cent of the
governments interest. The bill is very
long and is devoted mainly to details of
the transfer an6 the manner of the sale.
It's main features have been already pub
lished.
THE DUCK HUNTERS.
The president is e1pected to return to
Washington on Friday or Saturday. At
present the Viola is lying in the sound,
back of Cape Hatteras. Notice of the ap-
preach of the prevailing stiff blow was
served upon her skipper in the season,
and the boat was placed in sheltered
anchorage, where she lies in perfect safe
ty, and the only untoward effect of the
blow is to make the shooting uncomfort-
able for the time.
REED KILLING TIME.
There seems to be no possibility now
that the committees of the house will be
announced this week. Speaker Reed has
experienced more difficulty than was an
ticipated In making up the membership
ofcommittees, owing to his lack of person
al acquaintance with the new members of
whom there are 1853. From source close
to the speaker, the information is given
out that the committees will probably
not be announced until the latter part of
next week, just before the Christmas
holiday season.
INDIAN TERRITORY JUDGES CONFIRMED.
The senate In executive session to-day
confirmed the following nominations:
To be Judges of the U. s. court in the
Indian Territory: Constantine B. Kill
gore, of Texas, for the southern district;
Yancy Lewis, of Indian Territory, for the
central district; William NJ. Springer, of
Illinois, for the northern district.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS CAUGHT ON.
The president has nominated the fol-
lowing for justices of the U. 3.
court of private land claims: Joseph
Reed, of Iowa, chief justice; Henry G.
Sluss. of Kansas; Wilbur F. Stone, of
Colorado; William Murray, of Tennessee;
Thos. @. Fuller, of North Carolina, asso-
ciate justices.
CUBAN AND SILVER QUESTIONS.
The proceedings OF the senate to-day
began with the presentation of the usual
petitions for the recognition of the
belligerent rights of the Cuban in
surgents.
Senators German and Harris both Of
fered motions for an adjournment of the
senate until Monday, when it should ad-
journ to-day, and the vice president
created ripple of laughter by putting
both motions at once. They we're
adopted.
Senator Stewart, Populist, of,Nevada,
introdced resolution instructing the
committee On finance to inquire into the
rates of exchange between gold standard
and silver standard countries and their
effect on agricultural and manufacturing
interests and gave notice of speech on
Monday.
TROUBLE IN ARIZONA.
The war department has received tele-
gram from the commanding officer at
Fort Apache, A. T., saying that the trou-
BILE at Cibucu grew ont of an attempt by
Sheriff Thompson, of Globe, A. T., with a
posse to enter the Indian reservation to
arrest the Indians, and who attempted to
take stores from a ranch whose occupants
we're absent. The Indians are said to
have been caught in the act. The inhabi-
tantc are excited and are gathered at
Newson's store ranch at Canon Greek. A
man named Boise killed an Indian, whose
body was found in the vicinity. He and
two others gave themselves up to Lieut.
Fsnton and they are on the way to Globe,
IT.
REPUBLICANS WILL REoRaANIzE.
The Democratic steering committee of
the senate informally discussed the ques-
tion Of the reorganization of the senate
by the Republicans.
After the meeting, Mitchell, of Oregon,
and German, of Maryland, as chairmen of
the Republican and Democratic commit
tees respectively, had conference and it
10 understood Mitchell was assured the
Democrats would interpose no opposition
to the Republicans organizing the COM
mittees in view of the attitude of the
Populist senators.