Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-04

THE NEWS.

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Wood, $. 5. Cox and III. c. Kerr, all
of whom are mentioned in connec-
ton with the contest for the Speak
ership of the House of Representa-
tives, are now in Washington.
Moeltar, the gauger who was con-
victed in Milwaukee last week, and
who was awaiting sentence under
bail, has disappeared. The jury in
the case of Wirth and Kilwort have
rendered a verdict of not guilty as
regards the former, but could not
agree as to Kilwort, and were dis
charged.
1t is stated from Washington that
the delay in organizing the Fisheries
Commissioner, which is to decide the
amount to be paid to Canada for the
privilege of using her fishing grounds
is due to the request of England, for
the purpose of negotiating a recipro-
city treaty between the United States
and Canada but the treaty failed the
Senate having voted against it.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat has
a special from Topeka, Kansas, which
says that superintendent Hoag and
Gibson, OF that agency, are to be re-
moved,and that ring of spectators
have been defrauding the Pottowat-
amies by representing members of
the tribe living in the Indian Terri
tory to be dead and administering on
their estate, the proceeds being peck
eted by the ring.
The New York Herald saws uthe
country will demand that Mr.. Ferry
shall define his present views and
tell where he stands. He must une-
quivocally renounce imitation and
pledge his honor to sound monetary
doctrines or step down and out. If
he cannot make this choice the Sem
ate must make it for him on the first
day of the session."
A Paris despatch says the Spanish
reply to the American note comedies
nothing but that parties on trial be-
fore courts martial in Cuba may in
woke the aid of counsel. Spain prom
ises reform in the matter of confisca-
ton OF property, but declines to adj
here to the treaty of 1876.
Chief Justice Waite having been
mentioned as a probable candidate
for the Presidency, the Toledo COM
n,erciot prints an extract from a let
ter written by him to friend in Ohio
in which he emphatically declines to
allow the use of his name in such
connection, and says he does not in
tend that his judicial position shall
be used as stepping stone to some
thing else.
In his speech at the Lotos Club in
New York the other night Lord
Houghton said America was emf
nent for the beauty of her women.
AT this time Of life he was no fair
witness on that subject, but he
would offer the more valuable testi-
mony of his son, young man of
some talent and perception, of seven
teen years Of. age, who had gone
home with this expression on his
lips and this impression on his heart
Some correspondence has recently
taken place between the United
States and Great Britain in reference
to the law passed at the last session
of Congress imposing duty Of fifty
cents per one hundred pounds on all
foreign-caught fish imported other
wise than in barrels of half barrels,
and which the Canadians claim is in
contravention of the provisions Of
the Treaty of Washington. The Sc
cretary Of the Treasury replies that
his duty is merely to follow the law
as laid down, and that the remedy is
with Congress. 1t is thought the
President will call attention to the
matter in his forthcoming message
Thanksgiving services were held
in the National Grange now in ses-
sion in Louisville. AT their after
noon and evening sessions the only
resolution of Importance under con-
sideration was the following
Resolced, That we hereby pray and
ask the Congress of the United
States to remove the heavy burdens
from the necks of the people by forth
with repeating the law creating the
national banks, and to withdraw
their issues from circulation, and
substitute the Government issues us
ually called greenbacks in their stead.
THAT is a bad story concerning
General Schenck, our Minister to the
Court of st. James, just made public
in the London Hour, in connection
with the Emma mine affair. The
Secretary, of the company being close
ly pressed by the stockholders, has
presented list Of firms and iudi-
viduals who were given shares Ina the
company, in consideration of the use
Of their names in the directory i'm
order to influence outside capitalists.
In this list appears the name of ssthe
American Ambassador, Major Gen.
eral Scenck,'' who was loaned ten
thousand pounds sterling by Mr..
Park to enable him to purchase
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