Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-04
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES,
Washington intelligence.
THE PRESIDENT ON THE
DEATH OF MORTON.
Provisions of Ewing's Silver Bill.

WAsHISeToS, Nov. 2.
The following ~ss issued al q late
hour his evening:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, I
WASHINGTON. ID. e., Nov. I'd, 1877.
/ lament the sad occasion which
makes il my duty { q testify public re
spect for an eminent citizen aud dis
tinguished statesman, whose death yes
terdzy. at his home in Indiana polls.
has been made known to the people by
Geographic announcement. The SER
vices of o. p. Morton to the nation. in
the difficult and responsible admins.
tratiun Of the affairs Of the State of In
diana as its Governor. ut . critical
juncture Of the civil var, can never be
o~vervalued by his countrymen. His
long service in the Senate has shown
hrs great powers as q legislator, and as
q leader and chief counselor OF his pol
tical party. In oil things, and at all
times. he has been able. strenuous and
faithful in the public service. and his
tame with his cnuntrymen rests upon
a secure foundation. The several ex
ecutive departments will be closed on
the day of his funeral. and appropriate
honor> should be paid to the memory
Of the deceAs ed statesman by the whole
nation.
(Signed) r. b. HAYES,
President Of the United States.
The House Committee on banking
and currency, this afternoon author
lied its Chairman to report Ewing's
silver bill as agreed upon in the Sub
Committee. 1t provides that there
shall be coined at the several United
States MINIS, silver dollars, Of the
weight of 4l2X grains Troy, Of stand
ard silver. a. provided In the Act oi
January IS. 1887, on which there shall
be the devices and superscriptions pro
| vided by said Act. which coin, together
with all silver dollars heretofore coined
by the United States, of like weig hi
| and fineness, shall he n legal tender fol-
all debts and dues, public and private
except where otherwise provided by
contract. and any owner of silver bull
lion NAV deposit the same at any
United States Coinage Mint or assay
| office, to be coined into such dollars
tor his benefit upon the anne term-
and conditions ~ gold bullion is de.
posted Tor coinsge under the existing
laws. 1t Is understood that when the
bill is reported to the House, II will be
proposed th-t its legal tender power
shall not effect contracts made from
the date of the demOnetizaiion of silver
tn the passage of this Act. and also
limiting the amount for which it shall
he a legal tender.
rhe Great silver Fight In Congr~ss
New YORK, Nov. 2.
The Times Washington correspond
INT, abiding to measures before Con
gress. saws: Ii the resumption repeal
bill passes, the President ~ counted
upon To veto IL. The silver iii is
probably more dangerous. at least i'
tinal passage is more feared, Decaus.
the views of the President have not
vet been positively defined. 1t IL re.
ported, however, that Sherman said
privately that no silver bill would be
come a law in any form which woult
hinder or prevent h consummatior
of the resumption act. The Secretary
expects TO resume specie payments a
At the date fixed by law, and he may
therefore he ex pected to use all his in
fiuence to defeat any silver bill which
would endanger the success Of tina
purpose. Al the same time it is be
lieved he is ready to yield something
to tho silver men, holding that thu
issuing and coming Of silver coin lie sC
restricted as to not endanger the saf,
execution Of the resumption act. Tit
contest upon the silver bill is likely
therefore 10 be far more interesting
and important than the contest upor
the bill which Ewing Is now urg
ing upon the House.
A Great Storm ON the Atlantic
coast.
New York, Nov. 2.
A dispatch from the chief signal OH
Ger at Washington says: A cyclon'
tina. has developed great energy is nos
prevailing in the lower lake region
The storm to-day and to night on thu
Atlantic coast will be unusually sever
A severs storm has prevailed in thi
city all day.
High Water In Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Nov. 2.
A violent gale to day sent the waite
in the harbor into the Easements in to-
lower portions of the city.
Heavy SNOW storm I'm Il:im~is.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.
Heavy storms are reported throagt.
out the East and snow fell plentiful,
in Western Illinois and Iowa lss
night.
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