The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-05
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WHEELING REGISTER.
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of Main and 18th SITS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Bounty Bill.

The Bounty Bill.
WASHINGTON, March The bounty
bill WAS lost in the Senate being laid on
the table on motion of Mr.. Sprague by a
vote of yeas 80, nays "a. The reports of
the Conference Committee on all the
appropriation bills have been agreed to
in the Senate, and the bills passed.
Final scenes.
The President. accompanied by the
Cabinet and his private secretary, came
TO his room at the Capital, at nine clock
this morning and remained until the ad-
iournmcnt examining the large appro-
priation bills previous to approval. The
President signed the general appropria-
tion bills, none of which failed. Three
or four private bills were lost for want
of time TO examine them. The bill to
cqualizc the bounties OF soldiers who
served in the late war failed to become
law. the President withholding his sig
nature, and if time had allowed he would
have sent in veto message. The Presi-
dent and Cabinet did not think this a
time to make 81 large an appropriation
on account OF bOuntles.
Members of Congress were flying in
all directions with bills, hurryisg to have
them signed by the respective officers of
the two houses, and then sent to the
Presidents room for his approval. The
claimcnts in the lobby showed much
anxiety, and there were hundreds of
mourntul faces when Congress adjourn
ed, for some disappointed ones had been
here previous sessions, As wei! us the one
lust closed, endcavoring to attain their
ends.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill is now y law.
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill.
WASHlNGTON, March The Com
mittee of Conference on the sundry civil
appropriation bill have made the follow
ing settlement of the points in the dis
pute between the House and the Senate,
and the bill will become law in exact
accordance with their recommendations
The House concurred in the Senate
amendments regarding the United States
banknotc printing controversy. The
House recedcd from III disagree mcnt to
the following Senate amendment: Max
ing the single rate of postage on fourth
| class mail matter one ounce, instead OF
| two. The House agreed to the Senate
amendment inserting $4,000 for Il gov
ernmcnt building at Grand Rapids
Michigan. The Senate receded from its
amendments one which proposed to
strike from the bill Sl9l 900 for survey
inc Indian reservations, and all the
items for paying the expenses Of sundry
contestants for seats in Congress. The
Committee of Conference dropped from
the bill Senate amendments for $4,000
for the extension oil the Government In
sane ASYLUM. The Senate also reccded
from it. disagreement to the House pro-
visions for the reorganization of the
Treasury Department contained in the
Kellogg measure, which was made
part of this bill The two Houses COM
promised on 5000 as the amount to be
appropriated for the surveys of Lieut..
Wheeler, west Of the hundreth meridian,
and on $4,000 for continuing the Gus
tom House building at New Orleans.
They also compromised on the so-called
McGanahau clause of the House, by
striking out the provision for bringing suit
for the recovery of the New ldria mines,
and inserting direction that the Sec
retarv of the Interior shall report to the
next Congress whether the company now
in possession occupies more land that it
is entitled TO in the claim, under the
mining laws.
The Extra Session of the Senate.
The Hawaiian treaty will probably be
the first business considered by the Senate
in extra session convened for tomorrow.
Tobacco and the manufacture of tobacco
will bc added to the list of American pro-
ducts t. bc admitted free Of duty into
Hawaii.
The Fercc Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The House
election on the force bill, the emanation
of the House caucus, was read first and
second time in the Senate, but beyond
this the Senate took no further action,
and it therefore failed.
Time She New Tax Bill Takes Effect.
The first ruling made by the internal
revenue department, under the provisions
of the new tax and tariff law, WAS in re-
ference 60 the time of the taking effect Of
the new rates on spirits and tobacco and
was a. follows:
Spirits produced, that are in the custom
room or warehouse prior TO midnight on
, the Sd, inst, will be liable to tax of 20
cents per gallon. After that time collec-
lectors are instructed to make requisi-
tion ON the department for 90c stamps
for spirits produced after that date.
Tobacco OF cigars in hands of the manu-
tacturerS legally packed and properly
stamped prior to midnight on the 3rd
inst. will be charged at the old rate Of 20
cents. but after that time tax OF 2l cents
will be imposed
4 COwardIy ASsassination.
New ALBANY, Ind. March 4-The
Ledger Stqg2qyd this evening publishes
an account Of the Moody-Tolliver diff
Guilty, which is supposed TO have led to
the killing of Thomas Moody at Orleans,
Orange county. This State that on the
night of Tuesday last. 1t was the result
Of Il quarrel between two families in that
section in regard to the right of property
of which Thomas Moody died possessed.
Mrs. Moody was sister Of Tolliver's
and it was made by the Moodys to de-
prive Mrs. Moody of her rights,
in that property. They accused her in
suit several years ago, of having stolen
$1,000 from her husban The Courts
decided that she could not steal from her
husband An attempt was then made
to intimiiate her and her husband, and
in 1872 i is believed that the Tolivers un-
dertook 10 assaSSinate the family of
Moody. 1t i supposed that on Tuesday
night last either Tolliver or some one
hired 10y him, assasslnated Thomas Moody.
The act was the most cowardly one. and
cannot be justified under
any circumstances. Whoever the
assassin may be, he was concealed. and
fred on Moody. Seven buckshot entered