Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-21
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Latest from Washington.
FAVORABLE ACTION ON the Sill
YER BILL.
The Bill to be Reported to the Sen
ate To-day.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.
During the morning hour several
bills were introduced and referred.
when the bill to enable Indians to be-
come citizens wa considered and dis.
GUESSED by Thurman, Ingalls, and
White.
The Senate Finance Committee to-
day resumed the consideration Of the
House bill for the reconciliation of
silver. Amend ments were proposed
and in succession rejected by y uni
form vote OF tour against three, pro-
viding for the Limitation of the legal.
tender power of the silver dollar to the
amounts of $40. so, or $50 ia any n
payment. The amendment providing
that silver dollars shall be legal ten-
der only for the same purposes as
existing in regard TO United States
notes Ut greenbacks, WAS also voted
down. In lieu of the free coinage
clause heretofore stricken out on the
amendment offered by Allison was
adopted, providing that "a fund
of $1,000. 100 in United States
legal tender notes shall no set
apart by the Secretary Oi the Treasury
for the purpose of purchasing bullion
and getting new coin into circulation
~ IOllOWSs luc DrDdtttttthb ~ "
the terms of this amendment, required
to purchase silver bullion 10 AN
amount not less than 81. 900 900 and
not exceeding "a, 900 900 each monts,
and cuin the same into silver dollars,
which are 10 be exchanged for an
equal amount of legal tender, the
notes thus received by the Treasury
are to go into the special fund above
described. and the purchase and the
coinage Of bullion Is to be continued
in this way indefinitely. Another
amendment MAS offered providing,
that after the enactment Of the bill, n
Committee shall be appointed to con
fer with any similar COMMITTEE that
may be appointed by other nations
using the double metallic standard,
for the purpose of recommending the
adoption by all such nations OF the
same uniform relation of value be-
tween metals. The hour Of assem-
bling of the Senate arrived before ac-
ton could be taken upon this amend
msnt. IA the indications are that it
will be adopted Z o morrow, and that a
majority Of the Committee will then
order the bill reported without any
additional amendment of impOrtancs.
A Lawyer Horse. W whipped Sentence
Of AN Insurance President.
New YORK. Nov. 20.
Col. Mcdaniel, Of turf celebrity, OBJ
tanned a posponeHient OF the case 10
which he was defendant by horse
whipping plaintiffs attorney in u
Princeton, Nj, court. lie had asked
the hearing deferred that he might at
tend the sale Of his horses. Council
opposed delay and used some very Of
fensive language TO Mcdaniel. who
promptly castigated the offender and
so severely that the granting of the
question became u necessity.
The sentence OF Robert l.. Case, the
convicted President of the Security
Life Insurance Company, has been de-
ferred until to morrow, whe \ mo-
ton will be made for y new trial.
The case Of Thos. 3. Lambert, Pres
ident OF the American Popular Insur-
mnce Company, is postponed, the
Courts physicians pronouncing hiul
too sick to go to trial.
PennsyIvawta COntraetiomists.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20.
The Executive Board Of Trade has
authorized the preparation Of a me-
mortal to Congress. asking the passage
of . law for funding legal tender notes
in bonds running forty years and bear
ing iour per cent. interest to an amount
not exceeding $40, 900 600 per month
until legal tenders shall Do At par with
coin.
BuPntmg ola Tammery.
WATERTowN, N. Y, Nov. 20.
Beach 4 Dodge's tannery. at Harris
vile. 10 burned. Loss, $5O,00O; In
sured.
Fire In . Colorado Mims.
DENVER New. 20.
A fire in the Terrible mine. George
town. yesterday. WAS controlled aftel
burning Two levels. Loss, $4,000. i
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